G/TBT/N/UGA/799  
 
20 December 2017  
(17-7102) 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.  
Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (HS 33). Cosmetics. 
Toiletri es (ICS 71.100.70).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DUS 1931: 2017, 
Shea butter for Cosmetic industry — Specification. (12 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requireme nts, sampling 
and test methods for shea 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  
8. Relevant documents :  
1. Dynasty Shea & Essentials, Organically Refined Shea Butter Specifications  
2. Quality characteristics of West African shea butter (Vitellaria Paradoxa) and 
approaches to extend shelf -life by Hee Seung Nahm, May, 2011  
3. Shea butter export guide, September 2005 , by Peter Lovett, Emily Miller, Philip 
Mensah, Vanessa Adams and Catherine Kannenberg at the West Africa Trade Hub 
(WATH).  
4. Safety Assessment of Butyrospermum parkii (Shea) -Derived Ingredients as Used 
in Cosmetics  
5. Journal of Food Research; Vol. 2, No. 5; 2013.Effect of Nut Treatments on Shea 
Butter Physicochemical Criteria and Wrapper Hygienic Quality Influence on 
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  6. Journal of Stored Products and Postharvest Res earch Vol. 3(3), pp. 24 – 29, 
8 February  2012, Microbiological and physicochemical characterization of shea 
butter sold on Benin markets.  
7. SCCS/1564/15, The sccs notes of guidance for the testing of cosmetic ingredients 
and their safety evaluation, 9th revision, 25 April 2016  
8. US 1635 2016, Shea butter – Specification  
9. US 16 36:2016, Shea nut – Specification  
10. FDEAS 846, Glossary of terms relating to the cosmetic industry  
11. FDEAS 847 -16, Oils for cosmetic industry — Methods of test — Part 16: 
Determination of Heavy metal Content  
12. FDUS ISO 18416, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection  of candida albicans  
13. FDUS ISO 22717, Cosmetics — Microbiology —Detection of Pseudomonas 
aeruginosa  
14. FDUS ISO 22718, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Staphylococcus aureus  
15. FDUS ISO 24153 —.Random sampling and randomisation procedures  
16. ISO 21149, Cosmet ics — Microbiology — Enumeration and detection of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria  
17. US EAS 346, Labelling of cosmetics — General requirements  
18. US ISO 662, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of moisture and 
volatile matter content  
19. US ISO 660, Anima l and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and 
acidity  
20. US ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide 
value — Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
21. US ISO 663, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determin ation of insoluble 
impurities content  
22. US ISO 3596, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of 
unsaponifiable matter — Method using diethyl ether extraction  
23. US ISO 3657, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of saponification 
value  
24. US ISO 3961, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of iodine value  
25. US ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of melting point 
in open capillary tubes (Slip point)  
26. US ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Sampling  
27. US ISO 22716, Cosmetics -- Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) — Guidelines on 
Good Manufacturing Practices  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 2018  
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/2017/TBT/UGA/17_5634_00_e.pdf