G/TBT/N/UGA/921  
 
5 October 2018  
(18-6155) 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): Bovine 
beef; Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled. (HS 020 1). Meat and meat products 
(ICS 67.120.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 932:2018, 
Bovine (beef) carcass and cuts - Specification, Second Edition. (14 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, methods of 
test and sampling for bovine (beef) carcasses and cuts meant for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer prote ction; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. G/TBT/N/UGA/216  
2. UNECE STANDARD, Bovine meat carcasses and cuts, Edition 2004, Working Party 
on Agricultural Quality Standards  
3. US 932:2012, Bovine (beef) carcass and cuts - Specification  
4. US 45, General standard for food additives (6 th Edition)  
5. US 734, Requirements for the design and operation of abattoirs and 
slaughterhouses  
6. US 737, Requirements for hygiene in the production of packaged meat products 
(processed or manu factured)  
7. US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed (5 th Edition)  
8. US 779, Requirements for the transportation of meat and meat products  
9. US 922:2011, Meat grading system - Requirements - Part 1: Beef  G/TBT/N/UGA/921  
 
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  10. US 1659:2017, Materials in co ntact with food - Requirements for packaging 
materials  
11. US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
12. US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
13. US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
14. US EAS 804, Claims on food - Requirements  
15. US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
16. 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  
17. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of foo d and animal feeds - Horizontal method for 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella, Enumeration by a 
miniaturized most probable number technique  
18. US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeds - Horizontal method for 
enumeration of Coagula se- positive staphylococci. (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species), Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
19. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeds - Horizontal method for 
detection, enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most prob able number 
technique  
20. US ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes - Part 1: Detection 
method  
21. US ISO 13720, Meat and meat products - Enumeration of presumptiv e 
Pseudomonas spp.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2018  
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/2018/TBT/UGA/18_5203_00_e.pdf