Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Uganda - Edible insect products

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: UGANDA

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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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:

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Insects, fit for human consumption (HS code(s): 041010); Other standards related to farming and forestry (ICS code(s): 65.020.99)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DARS 1291-1:2024, Edible insects - Part 1: Edible insect products - Specification, First Edition; (18 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: This Draft Uganda standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for edible insects' products intended for human consumption or for further processing

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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

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Relevant documents:

1._    ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice

2._    ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling

3._    ARS 1292, Edible insects — Good agricultural and wild collection practices

4._    ARS 1295, Edible insects — Guide on good hygiene practices for insect production

5._    ARS 1713 Nutrition labelling— Requirements

6._    ARS 1715, Use of nutritional and health claims — Requirement

7._    CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives

8._    CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed

9._    ISO 4833-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms Part 1: Colony count at 30 ºC by the pour plate technique

10.ISO 5983-1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content and calculation of crude protein content Part 1: Kjeldahl method

11.ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid

12.ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method

13.ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of moisture and other volatile matter content

14.ISO 6579-1 Microbiology of the food chain-Horizontal method for the detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp

15.ISO 6888-1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other soecies) — Part 1: Technique using baird-pac

16.ISO 10272-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. — Part 1: Detection method

17.ISO 11290-2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 2: Enumeration method

18.ISO 16649-2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of B-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli — Part 1: Colony-count technique at 44 using membranes and 5-bromo-4

19.ISO 13547-2, Copper, lead, zinc and nickel sulphide concentrates — Determination of arsenic — Part 2: Acid digestion and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometric method

20.ISO 21527-2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95

21.ISO 22964:2017 Microbiology of the food chain — horizontal method for the detection of cronobacter spp.

22.ISO 27085, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum, arsenic, lead and cadmium by ICP- AES

23.Ssepuuya, G., Mukisa, I. & Nakimbugwe, D. Nutritional composition, quality, and shelf stability of processed Ruspolia nitidula (edible grasshoppers). Food Science & Nutrition 5(1), 2016

24.FAO (n.d).Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed security. Available from https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&cad=rja&uact=8& ved=2ahU KEwjo95uq85jkAhVPUBUIHQMBBAoQFjAKegQIABAC&url=http%3A%2F%Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.3253e%2Fi3253e01.pdf&usg=AOvVaw3v-7Ml8MO6S_tdH0cB-Y00.

25.Mbabazi, M., Byaruhanga, Y. B. & Omara, T. A., 2011. Edible insects in Eastern and Southern Africa: challenges and opportunities

26.Kelemu S., Niassy S., Torto B., Fiaboe K., Affognon H., Tonnang H., Maniania K. & Ekesi S. African edible insects for food and feed: inventory, diversity, commonalities and contribution to food security. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed: 1 (2), 2015 pp. 103 – 119

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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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