G/TBT/N/UGA/1609  
22 June 2022  
(22-4851) 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  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  - - Kidney 
beans, including white pea beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) (HS code(s): 071333); Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 864:2022, 
Dry beans — Specification, First Edition; (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This African Standard specifie s requirements and methods of 
sampling and test for dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) intended for human consumption. 
It does not apply to processed beans.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  G/TBT/N/UGA/1609  
 
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  ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size , foreign odours, insects, and species 
and variety — Test methods  
ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric met hod 
ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
ISO/TS 16634 -2, Food products — Determination of the total nitrogen content by 
combustion according to the Dumas principle and calculation of the crude protein content 
— Part 2: Cereals, pulses and mill ed cereal products  
ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products with 
water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorus, 
magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum, arsenic, 
lead and cadmium by ICPAES  
EAS 46:2011, Dry b eans — Specification  
United States Standards for Beans, Effective December 19, 2008  
Beans, Official Grain Grading Guide, August 1, 2012, Canadian Grain Commission  
Pulses Grading and Marking Rules, 2003, Ministry of Agriculture, India, 7th April 2004  
CODEX STAN 171:1989 (Rev. 1:1995), Standard for Certain Pulses  
Malawi Standard, MBS 245:1991, Bean — Specification  
Department of Agriculture, Regulation Gazette No. 23571, 5 July 2002, Agricultural 
Product Standards  
Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990), Regulations r elating to the grading, packing and marking 
of dry beans intended for sale in the Republic of South Africa  
Ethiopian Standards Regulations No. 12/1990, Pulses  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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