G/TBT/N/UGA/757  
 
3 October 2017  
(17-5284) 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): Dried fish 
maws. Fish and fishery products (ICS 67.120.30).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the noti fied document: DUS 1801: 2017, 
Dried Fish Maws – Specification. (17 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for dried fish maws processed from the air bladder  of fishes.  
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; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US EAS 12, Potable water – Specification  
2. US CAC 52, Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products  
3. US ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of moisture and other volatile 
matter content  
4. US ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
5. US ISO 5984: Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of crude ash  
6. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp  
7. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most probable 
number technique  
8. US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal me thod 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) – Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  G/TBT/N/UGA/757  
 
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  9. US ISO 4833 -1: Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganism s – Part 1: Colony count at 30 C by the pour plate 
technique  
10. US ISO 7937: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens – Colony -count technique  
11. US ISO 6888 -1: Microbiology of food and ani mal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
aureus and other species) – Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
12. ISO 11290 -2: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizo ntal method 
for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes – Part 2: 
Enumeration method  
13. US ISO 21527 -1 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds – Part 1, Colony count 
technique  in products with water activity greater than 0.95  
14. DUS ISO 27085: Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of calcium, sodium, 
phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, 
molybdenum, arsenic, lead and cadmium by ICP -AES 
15. AOAC 990.0 4: Mercury in fish by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (FAA)  
16. US ISO 16050: Food stuffs – Determination of aflatoxins B1 and total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts, and derived products – High 
performance liquid chromatographic m ethod  
17. US 45: General standard for food additives  
18. US 1659: Materials in contact with food – Requirements for packaging materials  
19. US EAS 803: Nutrition labelling – Requirements  
20. US EAS 804: Claims on food – Requirements  
21. US CAC/GL 50: General guidelines on sampling  
22. US CAC/RCP 52: Code of practice for fish and fishery products  
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives.  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/UGA/17_4478_00_e.pdf