G/TBT/N/UGA/591  
 
19 September 2016  
(16-4940) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member : UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved  (Article 3.2 and 7.2) :  
2. Agency responsible:  Uganda National Bureau of Standards.  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicated if different from above :  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Tunas, canned tunas. 
Tunas, skipjack and bonito (Sarda spp.) (HS : 160414) , Fish and fishery products 
(ICS:  67.120.30)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  DUS DEAS 
899:2016, Tuna canned in oil - Specification.  (17 pages, in English)   
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda standard  specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for tuna canned in oil.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Trade facilitation; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; Protection o f 
human health or safety ; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. IS 4304:1976  (R2005), Specification for Tuna Canned in Oil  
2. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food - Silver diethyldibocarbamate method  
3. AOAC 972.23, Lead in fish - Atomic absorption spectrophoto metric method  
4. AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food - Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  
5. AOAC 977.13, Histamine in sea food - Fluorometric method  
6. AOAC 983.20, Mercury (methyl) in fish and shellfish - Gas chromatographic method  
7. EAS 35, Edible salt - Specification  
8. EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods - Specification  
9. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
10. EAS 321, Edible fats and oils (general) - Specification  
11. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
12. EAS 8 04, Claims on foods - Requirements  
13. EAS 805, Use of nutritional and health claims - Requirements  
14. CAC/RCP 52, Code of practice for fish and fishery products  
15. CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
16. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
17. ISO 17240, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of tin content - Method 
using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
18. ISO 17919, Microbiology of the food chain - Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the 
detection of food -borne pathogens - Detection of b otulinum type A, B, E and F 
neurotoxin -producing clostridia  G/TBT/N/UGA/591  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: January 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
10. Final date for comments:  4 November 2016  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https: //members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/UGA/16_3796_00_e.pdf