G/TBT/N/BDI/330, G/TBT/N/KEN/1392  
G/TBT/N/RWA/837, G/TBT/N/TZA/916  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1745  
3 March 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. 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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Vegetable 
saps and extracts (excl. liquorice, hops, pryrethrum, roots of plants containing rotenon e 
and opium) (HS code(s): 130219); Food additives (ICS code(s): 67.220.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1131: 
2023, Natural orange extract — Specification, First Edition; (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description  of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies the requirements and 
sampling and test methods for natural orange extract obtained from the peels of Citrus 
sinensis .L and/or Citrus aurantium L. for use as a flavouring agent in food products.  
7. 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; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health ; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1.AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
2.AOAC 2015.01, Heavy Metals in Food Inductively Coupled Plasma –Mass Spectrometry  
3.AOAC 2000.09 Ochratoxin A in Roasted Co ffee Immunoaffinity column HPLC method  G/TBT/N/BDI/330 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1392 • G/TBT/N/RWA/837 • G/TBT/N/TZA/916 • 
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  4.EAS 104, Alcoholic beverages — Methods of sampling and test  
5.ISO 17240  
6. CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
7.Codex 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
8.EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
9.CODEX STAN 107, General standard for the labelling of food additives when sold as 
such 
10.ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration o f microorganisms – Colony \-count technique at 30°C  
11.ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of salmonella spp  
12.ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enume ration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products with 
water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
13.EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
14.ISO 16649 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for  the enumeration 
of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 1: Colony -count technique at 44 
degrees C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
15.ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total cont ent of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High\-performance 
liquid chromatographic method  
16.ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products -- Determination of mercury 
content -- Flameless atomic absorption method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. 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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