G/SPS/N/UGA/67  
 
7 March 2019  
(19-1390) 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): Beef grades and cuts  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent rel evant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS DEAS 84 -1:2019, Meat grades and meat cuts - 
Specification - Part 1: Beef grades and cuts, First Edition . Language(s): English.  
Number of pages: 17 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_1353_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This part of this Draft Uganda Standard sp ecifies methods of 
grading and grades of beef including veal, quality and safety requirements, methods of 
sampling and test, of carcasses thereof, meant for human consumption. The standard 
also defines major portions of meat cuts from the carcasses for sal e. 
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 Plant 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 stand ard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/67  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
 EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
 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  
 ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of icroorganisms - Part 2: Colony count at 30 °C by the surface plating tec hnique  
 ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli  - Part 2: Colony -count 
technique at 44 °C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
 ISO 688 8-1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and 
other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
 ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of Clostridium perfringens - Colony -count technique  
 ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection  of Salmonella spp.  
 ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria  spp. - Part 1: Detection method  
 ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determinatio n of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
 ISO 5961, Water quality - Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
 ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of mercury content 
- Flameless atomi c absorption method  
 Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020.  
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 Minister 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) : 6 May 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 Busi ness 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/67  
 
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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