G/TBT/N/UGA/552  
 
2 August 2016  
(16-4137)  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 telephon e 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, wher e applicable): Fresh carrots; Carrots, 
turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled (HS: 0706). – Carrots and turnips (HS: 070610); Vegetables and derived products (ICS: 67.080.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified 
document: DUS DEAS 891:2016, Fresh carrots – Specification (17 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: This draft Uganda standard specifies requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for carrots of varieties (cultivars) grown from Daucus carota (L.) of 
Apiaceae family to be supplied fresh to the consumer.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Trade facilitation; Quality requirements; Protection of human health or safety;  
Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. UNECE Standard FFV – 10 concerning the marketing and commercial quality control 
of carrots 
2. ISO 6561, Fruits and vegetables and derived products – Determination of cadmium 
content Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
3. ISO 6633:1984 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of lead 
content – Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
4. EAS 38, Packaging, marking and labeling of foods  
5. ISO 874, Fresh fruits and vegetables – Sampling  
6. ISO 6561 (all parts), Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of 
Cadmium content  
7. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of lead content – 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
8. ISO 7558:1988 Guide to the prepacking of fruits and vegetables  G/TBT/N/UGA/552 
 
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  9. CAC/RCP 53-2003, Code of hygienic practice for fresh fruits and vegetables  
10. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal  feedingstuffs – Horizontal methods for 
the detection and enumeration of presumpt ive Escherichia coli – Most Probable 
Number technique  
11. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal  feedingstuffs – Horizontal methods for 
the detection of Salmonella spp. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives   
10. Final date for comments: 1 October 2016 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
https://member s.wto.org/crnattachments/2 016/TBT/UGA/16_3029_00_e.pdf