G/SPS/N/UGA/68  
 
7 March 2019  
(19-1391) 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): Dressed poultry  
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 DEAS 953:2019, Dressed poultry - Specification, 
First Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_1354_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, methods 
of sampling and test for dressed poultry. It applies to birds domesticated for human 
consumption.  
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 standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/68  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 International Commission on Microbiological Specification for Foods (ICMSF) book 
8-2011 
 EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification  
 EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
 Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additives  
 CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food  
 CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
 CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for Meat  
 EAS 12, Potable water - Specification  
 EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
 EAS 805, Use of nutritional and health claims - Requirement  
 EAS 804, Claims on foods - Requirements  
 Codex Stan 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
 ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp.  
 ISO 17294 -2, Water  quality - Application of inductively coupled plasma mass 
spectrometry (ICP -MS) - Part 2: Determination of selected elements including 
uranium isotopes  
 ISO 4833, Microbiology of foods and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of mic roorganisms - Part 2: Colony count technique at 30 °C  
 ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
 ISO 5961, Water quality - Determin ation of cadmium by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
 ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
 ISO 10272 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for detection and 
enumerati on of Campylobacter spp. - Part 1: Detection method  
 ISO 17604, Microbiology of the food chain - Carcass sampling for microbiological 
analysis  
 ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
 ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of mercury content 
- Flameless atomic absorption method  
 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  
 ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number 
technique  
 ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of Clostridium perfringens  - Colony count technique  
 OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code  
 Uganda Gazette   
10. Propo sed 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/68  
 
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  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 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  
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@u nbs.go.ug  
Website: http://www.unbs.go.ug