G/SPS/N/UGA/84  
 
8 August 2019  
(19-5169)  Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Chicken feet  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or  practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:   
DUS 2135:2019, Chicken feet - Specification, First Edition.  Note: This Draft Uganda 
Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee . Language(s):  English . Number of 
pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_4287_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, test 
and sampling methods for Chicken feet including paws fit for food industries and human 
consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International P lant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/UGA/84  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− UNECE Standard chicken meat carcases and parts, 2012 edition, New York and Geneva, 
2013;  
− US 779, Requirements for the transportation of meat and meat products;  
− US 737, Hygienic requirements for the production of packaged meat products 
(processed or manufactured;  
− US CAC/MRL 2, Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk Management 
Recommendations (RMRs) for residues of veterinary drugs in foods;  
− US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on samp ling; 
− US CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygiene practice for meat;  
− US EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods - Specification;  
− US 45, General standards for food additives;  
− US 1659, Materials in Contact with Food - Requirements for Packaging materials;  
− US ISO 6579, Mic robiology of food and animal feeds - Horizontal method for detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella , Enumeration by a miniaturized most 
probable number technique;  
− US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeds - Horizontal method for 
enume ration of Coagulase - positive staphylococci . (Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species), Detection and MPN technique for low numbers;  
− US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeds - Horizontal method for detection, 
enumeration of presumptive Escherichi a coli - Most probable number technique;  
− US ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens  -- Colony -count technique;  
− US ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuf fs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1, Colony count technique in products 
with water activity greater than 0.95;  
− US ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of colif orms - Colony -count technique;  
− US ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30°C by the pour plate technique;  
− US ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal me thod for the enumeration 
of microorganisms - Part 2: Colony count at 30°C by the surface plating technique;  
− US EAS 12, Potable water - Specification;  
− US EAS 35, Fortified food grade salt - Specification;  
− Uganda Gazette.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2019.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Ministe r for Trade, 
Industry and Cooperatives.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 7 October 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 63 29 
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug  G/SPS/N/UGA/84  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (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: http://www.unbs.go.ug