G/TBT/N/UGA/906  
 
13 August 2018  
(18-5084) 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 [ X], 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): Sausages 
and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these 
products. (HS 1601).  Meat and meat products (ICS 67.120.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 1866:2018, 
Edible natural casings - Sausages - Specification, First Edition (18 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the recommendations, 
requirements, test and sampling methods for Edible natural casings used in sausage 
production fit for the food industries and human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent prob lems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US 779, Requirements for the transportation of meat and meat products  
2. US 737, Hygienic requirements for the production of packaged meat products 
(processed or manufactured  
3. US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
4. US CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygiene practice for meat  
5. US EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods - Specification  
6. US 45, General standards for food additives  
7. US 1659, Materials in Contact with Food - Requirements for Packaging materials  
8. US ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feed s - Horizontal method for 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella, Enumeration by a 
miniaturized most probable number technique  
9. US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeds - Horizontal method for G/TBT/N/UGA/906  
 
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  enumeration of Coagulase - positive stap hylococci. (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species), Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
10. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeds - Horizontal method for 
detection, enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable number 
techn ique 
11. 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  
12. US ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and ani mal 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  
13. US ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
14. 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  
15. US ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the foo d chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 2: Colony count at 30 °C by the surface 
plating technique  
16. US EAS 12, Potable water - Specification  
17. US EAS 35, Fortified food grade salt - Specification  
18. Indian Standard - animal casing -grades and specification (1981) Second revision  
19. Jay B. Wenther - Basics of casing, International Natural sausage casing 
Association, Washington DC 20005  
20. Joseph Sebranek (PH.D), Natural Vs artificial casings, (2010), evaluating which is 
best for your produc ts 
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://unbs.go.ug/alerts.php?src=dsp  
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