G/SPS/N/UGA/71  
 
27 March 2019  
(19-1925) 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): Roasted coffee beans, roasted ground coffee  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affe cted, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS DEAS 105:2019, Roasted coffee beans and roasted 
ground coffee - Specification, Second Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of 
pages:  19 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_1688_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for roasted coffee beans and roasted ground coffee. 
This standard applies to decaffeinated roasted ground coffee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protect ion, 
[ ] 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 co nform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− AOAC  2000.09, Ochratoxin A in roasted coffee, Immunoaffinity Column HPLC Method  
− AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods  G/SPS/N/UGA/71  
 
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  − CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
− EAS 130, Green coffee beans - Specification  
− EAS 38, General Standard  for the Labelling of Pre -packaged Foods  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
− ISO 11294, Roasted ground coffee - Determination of moisture content -- Method by 
determination of loss in mass at 103 degrees C (Routi ne method)  
− ISO 20481, Coffee and coffee products - Determination of the caffeine content using 
high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) - Reference method  
− ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumerat ion of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
− ISO 3509, Coffee and coffee products - Vocabulary  
− ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enum eration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
− ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
− ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain  - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp. 
− ISO 6670, Instant coffee - Sampling method for bulk units with liners  
− EAS 105:2008, Roasted coffee beans and roasted ground coffee, Gree n coffee beans 
- Specification  
− Uganda Gazette   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2020  
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) : 26 May 2019  
Agency or authority 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 Industria l 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: [  ] 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