G/SPS/N/UGA/72  
 
27 March 2019  
(19-1926) 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 (soluble) coffee  
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 975:2019, Instant (soluble) coffee - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 19 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/UGA/19_1689_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and 
methods of  sampling and test for instant (soluble) coffee. This standard applies to 
decaffeinated instant coffee.  
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:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− AOAC 2000.09, Ochratoxin A in Roasted Coffee Immunoaffinity Column HPLC Method  
− EAS 38, General Standard for the Labelling of Pre -packaged Foods  
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  G/SPS/N/UGA/72  
 
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  − EAS 105, Roasted coffee beans and roasted ground coffee - Specification  
− ISO 3509, Coffee and coffee products - Vocabulary  
− ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
− ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms - Part 1: Co lony 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 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and a nimal 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 3726, Instant coffee - Determination of loss in mass at 70 degrees C under 
reduced pressure  
− ISO 6670, Instant coffee - Sampling method for bulk units with liners  
− ISO 20481, Coffee and coffee products - determination of the caffeine content using 
HPLC - Reference method  
− ISO 11292, Instant coffee - Determination of free and total carb ohydrate contents - 
Method using high performance anion -exchange chromatography  
− ISO 24114, Instant coffee - Criteria for authenticity  
− 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 addr ess 
(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: [  ] 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