G/SPS/N/UGA/35  
 
21 August 2018  
(18-5275) Page: 1/2 
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): Instant tea  
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: DUS DEAS 923, Instant tea - Specification, Second 
Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_4521_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements sampling 
and test methods for instant tea of the species Camellia sinensis (Linneaus) O. Kuntze.  
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 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/UGA/35  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Uganda Gazette:  
 EAS 38, Labelling of Pre -packaged foods - General requirements;  
 ISO 7513, Instant tea in solid form - Determination of moisture content (loss in mass at 
103 degrees C);  
 ISO 7514, Instant tea in solid form - Determination of total ash;  
 ISO 7516, Instant tea in solid form - Sampling;  
 ISO 10727, Tea and instant tea in solid form - Determination of caffeine content - 
Method using high -performance liquid chromatography;  
 ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli  - Part 2: Colony -count technique 
at 44 °C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl -D-glucuronide;  
 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 activi ty less than or equal to 0.95.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2018  
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) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the Minister for Trade, Industry and 
Cooperatives.  
[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) : 20 October 2018  
Agency or author ity 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: http://www.unbs.go.ug  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] Nationa l 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: http://www.unbs.go.ug