G/TBT/N/BDI/331 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1393  
G/TBT/N/RWA/838 , G/TBT/N/TZA/917  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1746  
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 [X], 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):  Extracts, 
essences and concentrates, of coffee (HS code(s): 210111); Food additives (ICS code(s): 
67.220.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1130: 
2023, Natural coffee extract — Specification, First Edition; (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requ irements, 
sampling and test methods for natural coffee extract obtained from Coffea arabica and 
Coffea robusta for use as a flavouring agent in food products. This standard does not 
apply to liquid coffee concentrates.  
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 health; Quality req uirements; 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 Me tals in Food Inductively Coupled Plasma –Mass Spectrometry  G/TBT/N/BDI/331, G/TBT/N/KEN/1393, G/TBT/N/RWA/838, G/TBT/N/T ZA/917, 
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  3.AOAC 2000.09 Ochratoxin A in Roasted Coffee Immunoaffinity column HPLC method  
4.EAS 104, Alcoholic beverages — Methods of sampling and test  
5.ISO 17240  
6.CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
7.Codex 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
8.EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
9.CODEX STAN 107, General standard for the labelling of food additives when sold as 
such 
10.ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Colony \-count technique at 30°C  
11.ISO 3509, Coffee and coffee products - Vocabulary  
12.ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of salmonella spp  
13.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  
14.EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
15.ISO 16649 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of beta -glucuronidase -positive Esc herichia coli — Part 1: Colony -count technique at 44 
degrees C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
16. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nu ts and derived products — High\-performance 
liquid chromatographic method  
17. ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of copper content 
— Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry.  
18. ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and deri ved products -- Determination of mercury 
content -- Flameless atomic absorption method  
19. ISO 15141, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of ochratoxin A — High 
performance liquid chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column cleanup and 
fluore scence detection  
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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