G/TBT/N/UGA/1541  
7 January 2022  
(22-0191) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 dif ferent from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Herbal 
tea; Tea, whether or not flavoured (HS 0902); Tea (ICS 67.140.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DUS 2171:2021, 
Herbal tea — Specification, Second Edition (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of  content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for herbal tea.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive pract ices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. US ISO 1577, Tea — Determination of acid -insoluble ash  
2. US ISO 1578, Tea — Determination of alkalinity of water -soluble ash  
3. US EAS 38, Specification for the labelling of pre -packaged foods.  
4. US EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene for food and drink industries.  
5. US 500, Requirements for nutrition labelling of foods  
6. US 508, Requirements for nutrition and health claims on foods  
7. US 566, Use of  nutrition claims ― Requirements  G/TBT/N/UGA/1541  
 
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  8. US 738, Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and feed  
9. US ISO 1839, Tea — Sampling  
10. US ISO 1573, Tea — Determination of loss in mass at 103 °C  
11. 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  
12. US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs ― Horizon tal 
method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli ― 
Most probable number technique  
13. US ISO 16050, Foodstuffs -- Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total 
content of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived prod ucts -- 
High-performance liquid chromatographic method  
14. US ISO 21527, Methods for microbiological examination of foods ─ Part 8: 
Enumeration of yeasts and moulds  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for 
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives  
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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