G/SPS/N/UGA/216  
 
11 November 2022  
(22-8448) Page: 1/3 
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):  Other (HS code: 210690); Beverages (ICS code: 67.160)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading pa rtners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DUS 2037: 2022, Kombucha — Specification, second 
edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/UGA/22_7722_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for Kombucha.  
Note: This Draft Uganda Standard was also notified to the TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory 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 Org anization 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:   G/SPS/N/UGA/216  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• US CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
• US EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
• US EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• US EAS 104, Alcoholic beverages — Methods of sampling and test  
• US EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
• US EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims — Requirements  
• US ISO 750, Fruit and vegetable products – Determination of titratable acidity  
• US ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of pH  
• US ISO 6633, Fruit and vegetables products — Determination of lead con tent — 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• US ISO 6634, Fruit, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic 
content — Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
• US ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of mercury 
content — Flameless atomic absorption method  
• US ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• US 28, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
• US 45, General standard for food additives  
• US 1659, Materials in contact with food — Requirements for packaging materials  
• US ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the d etection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  — Most probable 
number technique  
• US ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1, Colony count technique in 
produc ts with water activity greater than 0.95  
• US ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and 
other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• US ISO 6579 –1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp. 
• US 872:2011, Fermented (non -alcoholic) cereal beverages — Specification.  
• WHO, Alcohol labelling  
• Kombucha Brewing Under the Food and Drug Administration Model Food Code: Risk 
Analysis and Processing Guidance – Special report  
• Kombucha Code of Practice, Kombucha Brewers International Code of Practice, 
Version  2.2 
• Uganda Gazette  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
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) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   G/SPS/N/UGA/216  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 10 January 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] 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  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notificat ion 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