G/TBT/N/UGA/528  
 
22 October 2015  
(15-5574)  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): Crackers from marine 
and freshwater fish; Crackers from crustacean and molluscan shellfish. Fish and fishery products (ICS: 67.120.30) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DEAS 
870:2015, Crackers from marine and freshwater fish, crustacean and molluscan shellfish – Specification (11 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: This draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for crackers prepared from marine and freshwater fish, crustacean 
and molluscan shellfish. It does not include ready-to-eat fried as well as artificially 
flavoured fish, crustacean and molluscan shellfish crackers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Trade promotion; Quality requirements; Protection of human health or safety; 
Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. CODEX STAN 222-2001, Standard for Crackers from Marine and Freshwater Fish, 
Crustaceans and Molluscan Shellfish 
2. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food – Silver diethyldibocarbamate method 
3. AOAC 972.23, Lead in fish – Atomic ab sorption spectrophotometric method 
4. AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food – Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method 
5. AOAC 977.13, Histamine in sea food – Fluorometric method 
6. AOAC 983.20, Mercury (methyl) in fish and shellfish – Gas chromatographic method 
7. CAC/GL 50-2004 General guideline on sampling 
8. CAC/RCP 52-2003, Code of practice for fish and fishery products 
9. EAS 12, Drinking (potable water) – Specification 
10. EAS 38, Labelling of pre-packaged foods – Requirements 
11. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manuf acturing industry – Code of practice 
12. ISO 4833-1, Microbiology of food chain – Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms – Part 1: Colony-count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique 
13. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella spp. G/TBT/N/UGA/528 
 
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  14. ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) 
15. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most probable number technique 
16. 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 
17. ISO/TS 21872 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: May 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declaration as mandat ory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
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/2 015/TBT/UGA/15_4195_00_e.pdf