G/TBT/N/BDI/329, G/TBT/N/KEN/1391  
G/TBT/N/RWA/836, G/TBT/N/TZA/915  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1744  
3 March 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, 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@u nbs.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 different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may 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)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1132: 
2023, Natural vanilla extract — Specification, First Edition; (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Sta ndard 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, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or healt h; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
2. AOAC 2015.01, Heavy Metals in Food Inductively Coupled Plasma –Mass Spectrometry,  G/TBT/N/BDI/329 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1391 • G/TBT/N/RWA/836 • G/TBT/N/TZA/915 • 
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  3. AOAC 2000.09 Ochratoxin A in Roasted Coffee Immunoaffinity column HPLC method,  
4. CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
5. Codex 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
6. EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
7. EAS 104, Alcoholic beverages — Methods of sampling and test.  
8. CODEX STAN 107, General standard for the labelling of food addi tives when sold as 
such 
9. ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Colony \-count technique at 30°C  
10. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for th e 
detection of salmonella spp  
11. 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  
12. EAS 3 8, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
13.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 membrane s and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
14. 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  
15. ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of copper content 
— Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry.  
16. ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products -- Determination of mercury 
content -- Flameless atomic absorpti on method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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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