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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 [X], 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 carrots and turnips (HS code(s): 070610); Vegetables and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.080.20); Fresh carrots

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DARS 942:2024, Fresh carrots — Specification, First edition; (22 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard applies to carrots of varieties (cultivars) grown from Daucus carota L. to be supplied fresh to the consumer, carrots for industrial processing being excluded. Carrots may be marketed with or without leaves

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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._    UNECE STANDARD FFV 10:1998, Marketing and commercial quality control of carrots

2._    United States Standards for Grades of Carrots with Short Trimmed Tops, Effective September 18, 1954 (Reprinted — January 1997)

3._    United States Standards for Grades of Bunched Carrots, Effective September 18, 1954 (Reprinted — January 1997)

4._    United States Standards for Grades of Topped Carrots, Effective December 20, 1965 (Reprinted — January 1997)

5._    ISO 2166 :1981, Carrots — Guide to storage

6._    CODEX STAN 193:1995 (Rev.5:2009), General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Foods

7._    CODEX STAN 228:2001 (Rev.1:2004), General methods of analysis for contaminants

8._    Codex Alimentarius website : http://www.codexalimentarius.net/mrls/pestdes/jsp/pest_q-e.jsp

9._    USDA Foreign Agricultural Service website: http://www.mrldatabase.com

10._  USDA Agricultural Marketing Service website: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/Standards

11._  USDA Plant Inspectorate Service website: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants

12._  European Union: http://ec.europa.eu/sanco_pesticides/public

13._  UNECE STANDARD FFV-10 concerning the marketing and commercial quality control of CARROTS,2021 EDITION

14._  CODEX STAN 230:2001 (Rev.1:2003), Maximum levels for lead

15._  CAC/RCP 1, Recommended International Code of Practice — General Principles of Food Hygiene

16._  CAC/RCP 44, Recommended International Code of Practice for the Packaging and Transport of Tropical Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

17._  CAC/RCP 53, Code of Hygienic Practice for Fresh Fruits, and Vegetables

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

19._  ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling

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

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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