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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): Fresh or chilled cauliflowers and broccoli (HS code(s): 070410); Vegetables and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.080.20); Fresh broccoli

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DARS 925:2024, Fresh broccoli — Specification, First edition; (20 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard applies to broccoli of varieties (cultivars) grown from Brassica oleracea var.italica Plenck to be supplied fresh to the consumer, broccoli for industrial processing being excluded.

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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._    CAC/GL 21, Principles for the establishment and application of microbiological criteria for foods

4._    CAC/RCP 44, Recommended international code of practice for the packaging and transport of tropical fresh fruits and vegetables

5._    CAC/RCP 53, Code of hygienic practice for fresh fruits and vegetables

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

7._    ISO 874, Fresh fruits and vegetables — Sampling

8._    ISO 2169, Fruits and vegetables — Physical conditions in cold stores — Definitions and measurement

9._    ISO 7563, Fresh fruits and vegetables — Vocabulary

10._  UNECE STANDARD FFV-48:2010, Marketing and commercial quality control of broccoli (calabrese)

11._  UNECE STANDARD FFV-48: 2019 Concerning the marketing and commercial quality control of BROCCOLI

12._  United States Standards for Grades of Italian Sprouting Broccoli, Effective November 2, 2006

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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