G/SPS/N/UGA/34  
 
21 August 2018  
(18-5274) 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): Green tea  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or pr acticable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DUS DEAS 921, Green tea - Specification, Second 
Edition . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/UGA/18_4520_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Draft Uganda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for green tea of Camellia Sinensis (L) O. Kuntze. This standard is not 
applicable to green tea subject to further processing such as decaffeination, further 
roasting etc.  
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 propo sed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/UGA/34  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Uganda Gazette:  
 EAS 38, Labelling of Pre -packaged foods - General requirements;  
 EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink industry - Code of practice;  
 ISO 1572: 1980, Tea - Preparation of ground sample of known dry matter content;  
 ISO 1573: 1980, Tea - Determin ation of loss in mass at 103 degrees C;  
 ISO 1575: 1987, Tea - Determination of total ash;  
 ISO 1576: 1988, Tea - Determination of water -soluble ash and water -insoluble ash;  
 ISO 1577: 1987, Tea - Determination of acid -insoluble ash;  
 ISO 1578: 1975, Tea - Determination of alkalinity of water -soluble ash;  
 ISO 1839: 1980, Tea - Sampling;  
 ISO 3103, Tea - Preparation of liquor for use in sensory tests;  
 ISO 5498: 1981, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - 
General Method;  
 ISO 6579, Mic robiology 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 aur eus 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: 1990, 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 method using Folin - Ciocalteu 
reagent;  
 ISO 14502 -2, Determination of substances characteristic of green and black te a – 
Part 2: Content of catechins in green tea - Method using high -performance liquid 
chromatography;  
 ISO 15598, Tea - Determination of crude fibre content;  
 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;  
 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.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 20 18 
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, [  ] Nationa l 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/34  
 
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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