G/SPS/N/UGA/174  
10 January 2022  
(22-0214) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Herbal tea  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS 2171:2021, Herbal tea - Specification, Second 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_0245_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for herbal tea.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect terri tory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health ( OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• US ISO 1577, Tea - Determination of acid -insoluble ash;  
• US ISO 1578, Tea - Determination of a lkalinity of water -soluble ash;  
• US EAS 38, Specification for the labelling of pre -packaged foods;  
• US EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene for food and drink industries;  
• US 500, Requirements for nutrition labelling of foods;  G/SPS/N/UGA/174  
 
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  • US 508, Requirements for nutriti on and health claims on foods;  
• US 566, Use of nutrition claims - Requirements;  
• US 738, Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and feed;  
• US ISO 1839, Tea - Sampling;  
• US ISO 1573, Tea - Determination of loss in mass at 103°C;  
• US ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) - Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers;  
• US ISO 7251, Microbio logy of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable 
number technique;  
• US ISO 16050, Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1,  B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products - High-
performance liquid chromatographic method;  
• US ISO 21527, Methods for microbiological examination of foods - Part 8: 
Enumeration of yeasts and moulds;  
• Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : March 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister fo r Trade, Industry and 
Cooperatives.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 March 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] Nation al Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (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  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (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