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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 vegetables n.e.s. (HS code(s): 070999); Vegetables and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.080.20); Fresh tannia

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS DARS 855:2024, Fresh tannia (nduma) — Specification, First edition

Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the SPS; (16 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard applies to the tubercles of commercial varieties of lilac tannia grown from Xanthosoma violaceum Schott and white tannia grown from Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott, of the Araceae family, to be supplied fresh to the consumer, after preparation and packaging. Tannias for industrial processing are 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. CAC/RCP 1, Recommended International Code of Practice — General Principles of Food Hygiene

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

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

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

5. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling

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

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

8. CXS 224-2001, Standard for tannia. Amended in 2005, 2011.

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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

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