G/SPS/N/UGA/37  
 
5 October 2018  
(18-6165) 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): Edible offal  
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 2027:2018, Edible offal - Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 14 
https://unbs.go.ug/alerts.php?src=dsp  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_5213_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda standard specifies the requirements, method 
of analysis and sampling for edible offal for human consumption from the cattle, buffalo, 
sheep, goats, deer, horses, pigs, ratites, camelids and poultry.  
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 d eviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/37  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 KS 2762: 2017, Offal - Specification  
 UNECE Standard for edible meat co -products, 2008 edition  
 US 45, General standard for food additives  
 US 734, Design and operation of abattoirs and slaughterhouses  - Requirements  
 US 738, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed (5th Edition)  
 US 1659,  Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials  
 US CAC/GL 50, Ge neral guidelines on sampling  
 US CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
 US EAS 12, Potable water - Specification  
 US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
 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  
 US ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain  - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumerati on and serotyping of Salmonella  - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp 
 US ISO 6888 -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  
 US ISO 7251, Microbiolog y of food and animal feeding stu ffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable 
number technique  
 US ISO 7937, Microbiology of  food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumera tion o f Clostridium perfringens  - Colony count technique  
 US ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs  - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumer ation of Listeria monocytogenes  - Part 1: Detection 
method  
 Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2018  
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.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 December 2018  
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 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/37  
 
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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