G/SPS/N/UGA/33  
 
21 August 2018  
(18-5273) Page: 1/3 
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): Flavoured black tea  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent rele vant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS DEAS 922, Flavoured black tea - Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_4519_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for flavoured black tea.  
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 t he 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/33  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Uganda Gazette:  
 EAS 28, Black tea - Specification;  
 EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements EAS 39, Hygiene in the 
food and drink industry - Code of practice;  
 ISO 1572, Tea - Preparation of ground sample of known dry matter content;  
 ISO 1573, Tea - Determination of loss in mass at 103 °C;  
 ISO 1575, Tea - Determination of total ash;  
 ISO 1576, Tea - Determination of water soluble ash a nd water insoluble ash;  
 ISO 1577, Tea - Determination of acid insoluble ash;  
 ISO 1578, Tea - Determination of alkalinity of water -soluble ash;  
 ISO 1839, Tea - Sampling;  
 ISO 3103, Tea - Preparation of liquor for use in sensory tests;  
 ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - General 
method;  
 ISO 6078, Black tea - Vocabulary;  
 ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella  spp.; 
 ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and  animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species);  
 ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  - Most probable number 
technique;  
 ISO 9768, Tea - Determination of water extract;  
 ISO 14502 -1, Determination of substances characteristic of green and black tea - Part 
1: Content of total polyphenols in tea - Colorimetric metho d using Folin -Ciocalteu 
reagent;  
 ISO 15598, Tea - Determination of crude fibre content;  
 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;  
 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.   
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 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 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  G/SPS/N/UGA/33  
 
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  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