G/SPS/N/UGA/41  
 
15 October 2018  
(18-6360) 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): Kombucha  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or pra cticable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS 2037:2018, Kombucha  - Specification, First 
Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_5342_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for Kombucha drinks.  
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 th e 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 Protec tion 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:  
 US ISO 6634: Fruit, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic 
content  - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
 US ISO 6633 : Fruit and vegetables produ cts - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
 US ISO 6637: Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of mercury 
content - Flameless atomic absorption method  
 US ISO 6561 -2: Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
 US ISO 6579 -1: Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping o f Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp G/SPS/N/UGA/41  
 
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   US 28/EAS 39: Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
 US 1659:  Materials in contact with food - Requirements for packaging materials  
 US EAS 38: Labelling of pre -packaged f oods - General requirements  
 US EAS 805: Use  of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
 US EAS 804: Claims on food - Requirement  
 US EAS 12: Potable water - Specification  
 US EAS 104: Alcoholic beverages - Methods of sampling and test  
 US ISO 4833 -1: Microbiology of the f ood chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 0C by the pour plate 
technique  
 US ISO 21527 -1: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs  - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1, Colony count technique in products 
with water activity greater than 0.95  
 US CAC/GL 50: General guidelines on sampling  
 US ISO 750: Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of titratable acidity  
 US 872:2011: Fermented (non -alcoholic)  cereal beverag es - Specification  
 WHO: Alcohol labelling  
 Kampuchea Brewing Under the Food and Drug Administration Model Food Code: Risk 
Analysis and Processing Guidance - Special report  
 Uganda Gazette  
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 fac ilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 December 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquir y 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: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail addres s (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