G/TBT/N/UGA/1616  
24 June 2022  
(22-4881) 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  
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: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Birds' 
eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked. (HS code(s): 0407); Poultry and eggs (ICS 
code(s ): 67.120.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS DARS 
1199: 2022, Edible eggs -in-shell — Specification and grading, First Edition; (34 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  1.1 This Draft Uganda Standard spe cifies safety and quality 
requirements method of sampling and test methods for edible hen eggs in shell intended 
for human consumption.  
1.2 This standard applies to hen eggs -in-shell fit for direct human consumption and for 
use in the food and/or non-food industries.  
1.3 All eggs must originate from laying hens or laying hens of breeding stock kept on 
farms regularly operated under the applicable regulations pertaining to food safety and 
inspection.  
1.4 Interior egg quality specifications for these  standards are based on the apparent 
condition of the interior contents of the egg as it is twirled before the candling light. Any 
type or make of candling light may be used that will enable the particular grader to make 
consistently accurate determination  of the interior quality of shell eggs. It is desirable to 
break out an occasional egg and by determining the Haugh unit value of the broken -out 
egg, compare the broken -out and candled appearance, thereby aiding in correlating 
candled and broken -out appear ance.  G/TBT/N/UGA/1616  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems 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; Cost saving and 
productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Regulations Governing the Voluntary Grading of Shell Eggs, 7 CFR Part 56, Effective 
March 30, 2008  
2. United States Standards, Grades, and Weight Classes for Shell Eggs, AMS 56, Effective 
July 20, 2000  
3. UNECE STANDARD EGG -01:2009, Concerning the marketing and commercial quality 
control of edible hen eggs -in-shell 
4. UNECE EP 42:1976/1994, Eggs -in-shell 
5. KS 01 -1172:1994, Specification for grading chicken eggs  
6. Codex Alimentarius website: 
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/mrls/vetdrugs/jsp/vetd_q -e.jsp 
7. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service website: http://www.mrldatabase.com  
8. USDA Agricultural Marketing  Service website: 
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/Standards  
9. European Union: 
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/pharmaceuticals/veterinaryuse/  maximum -
residue -limits/index_en.htm  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
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: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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