G/TBT/N/UGA/1074  
 
13 May 2019  
(19-3240) 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  
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 [  ], 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):  Shea 
butter (HS: 151590); Cosmetics. Toiletries (ICS 71.100.70)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DUS DEAS  967-1:2019, Butter for cosmetic use – Specification Part 1: Shea butter, First 
Edition (15  page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for s hea butter for cosmetic use derived from the kernels of 
the sheanuts (Butyrospermum parkii). This standard does not cover products for which 
therapeutic claims are made.  
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; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 15774, Animal and vegetable fats and oils -- Determination of cadmium 
content by direct graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
2. EAS 346, Labelling of cosmetics — General requirements  
3. EAS 846, Glossary of terms relating to the cosmetic industry  
4. EAS 847 -16, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 16: Determination of lead, 
mercury and arsenic content  
5. ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and 
acidity  
6. ISO 662, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of moisture and 
volatile matter content  
7. ISO 663, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of insoluble 
impurities content  
8. ISO 3596, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of unsaponifiable 
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  9. ISO 3657, Anim al and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of saponification 
value  
10. ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide 
value  — Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
11. ISO 3961, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of iodine value  
12. ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms — Most probable number 
technique  
13. ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Sampling  
14. ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of melting point 
in open capillary tubes (Slip point)  
15. ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of copper, iron 
and nickel contents — Graphite furnace atomic absorption method  
16. ISO 18416, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of candida albicans  
17. ISO 21149, Cosmetics -- Microbiology -- Enumeration and detection of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria  
18. ISO 21527 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of  yeasts and moulds  
19. ISO 22716, Cosmetics — Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) — Guidelines on 
Good Manufacturing Practices  
20. ISO 22717, Cosmetics — Microbiology —Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
21. ISO 22718, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Staphyloco ccus aureus  
22. Dynasty Shea & Essentials, Organically Refined Shea Butter Specifications  
23. Quality characteristics of West African shea butter (Vitellaria Paradoxa) and 
approaches to extend shelf -life by Hee Seung Nahm, May, 2011  
24. Shea butter export guide, Septe mber 2005, by Peter Lovett, Emily Miller, Philip 
Mensah, Vanessa Adams and Catherine Kannenberg at the West Africa Trade Hub 
(WATH).  
25. Safety Assessment of Butyrospermum parkii (Shea) -Derived Ingredients as Used 
in Cosmetics  
26. Journal of Food Research; Vol. 2 , No. 5; 2013.Effect of Nut Treatments on Shea 
Butter Physicochemical Criteria and Wrapper Hygienic Quality Influence on 
Microbiological Properties  
27. Journal of Stored Products and Postharvest Research Vol. 3(3), pp. 24 – 29, 
8 February  2012, Microbiological  and physicochemical characterization of shea 
butter sold on Benin markets.  
28. SCCS/1564/15, The sccs notes of guidance for the testing of cosmetic ingredients 
and their safety evaluation, 9th revision, 25 April 2016  
29. US 1635 2016, Shea butter – Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2019  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/UGA/19_2765_00_e.pdf