G/TBT/N/UGA /915  
 
27 August 2018  
(18-5355) 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 [X], 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): Blended 
black tea; Coffee, tea, mate and spices (HS 09). Tea. Coffee. Cocoa (ICS 67.140).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the no tified document: DUS DEAS 28, 
Black tea - Specification, Second Edition. (17 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for black tea. This standard also applies to blended  black tea. It does not 
apply to scented or decaffeinated black tea.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protecti on of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
2. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink industry - Code of practice  
3. ISO 1572, Tea - Preparation of ground sample of known dry matter content  
4. ISO 1573, Tea - Determination of loss in mass at 103 °C  
5. ISO 1575, Tea - Determination of total ash  
6. ISO 1576, Tea - Deter mination of water soluble ash and water insoluble ash  
7. ISO 1577, Tea - Determination of acid insoluble ash  
8. ISO 1578, Tea - Determination of alkalinity of water -soluble ash  
9. ISO 1839, Tea - Sampling  
10. ISO 3103, Tea - Preparation of liquor for use in sensory tests 
11. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - General 
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  12. ISO 6078, Black tea - Vocabulary  
13. ISO 14502 -1, Determination of substances characteristic of green and black tea - 
Part 1: Content of total polyphenols in tea  - Colorimetric method using Folin -
Ciocalteu reagent  
14. ISO 15598, Tea - Determination of crude fibre content  
15. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count techn ique in products 
with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
16. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp  
17. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species)  
18. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable  number 
technique  
19. ISO 9768, Tea - Determination of water extract  
20. 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  
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 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/2018/TBT/UGA/18_4511_00_e.pdf