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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): Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled. (HS code(s): 0707); Vegetables and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.080.20)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DARS 976:2024, Fresh cucumbers — Specification, First edition; (16 page(s), in English)

Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the SPS Committee.

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Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard applies to cucumbers of varieties (cultivars) grown from Cucumis sativus L. to be supplied fresh to the consumer, cucumbers for processing and gherkins 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._    ISO 7560:1995, Cucumbers — Storage and refrigerated transport

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

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

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

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

6._    ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling

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

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

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

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

11._  UNECE STANDARD FFV-15 concerning the marketing and commercial quality control of CUCUMBERS 2021 EDITION

12._  United States Standards for Grades of Cucumbers, Effective March 1, 1958 (Reprinted — January 1997)

13._  ISO 7560:1995, Cucumbers — Storage and refrigerated transport

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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