G/SPS/N/BDI/38, G/SPS/N/KEN/194  
G/SPS/N/RWA/31, G/SPS/N/TZA/252  
G/SPS/N/UGA/235  
 
6 March 2023  
(23-1597) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, 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):  Vegetable saps and extracts (excl. liquorice, hops, opium and 
ephedra) (HS code(s): 130219); Food additives (ICS code(s): 67 .220.20)  
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:  DEAS 1132: 2023, Natural vanilla extract — 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/UGA/23_1561_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for natural vanilla extract products obtained from pods of 
V. planifolia. A , V. tahitensis  and V. pompona  species of vanilla orchid for use for use as a 
flavouring agent  in food products.  
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 stand ard? 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:   G/SPS/N/BDI/38  • G/SPS/N/KEN/194 • G/SPS/N/RWA/31  • G/SPS/N/TZA/252 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/235  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• AOAC  999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
• AOAC 2015.01, Heavy Metals in Food Inductively Coupled Plasma –Mass Spectrometry  
• AOAC 2000.09 Ochratoxin A in Roasted Coffee Immun oaffinity column HPLC method  
• CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
• Codex 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
• EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
• EAS 104, Alcoholic beverages — Methods of sampling and test  
• CODEX STAN 107, General standard for the labelling of food additives when sold as 
such 
• ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Colony \-count technique at 30°C  
• ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp. 
• ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• 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  
• ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cerea ls, nuts and derived products — High\-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
• ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of copper content 
— Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived  products -- Determination of mercury 
content -- Flameless atomic absorption method  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2023  
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   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 May 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
availab le) 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  G/SPS/N/BDI/38, G/SPS/N/KEN/194 • G/SPS/N/RWA/31, G/SPS/N/TZA/252 • G/SPS/N/UGA/235  
 
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  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