G/TBT/N/BDI/311, G/TBT/N/KEN/1357  
G/TBT/N/RWA/752, G/TBT/N/TZA/875  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1722  
20 December 2022  
(22-9514) 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:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  
Tel: +255 222450206,  
E- mail: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
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 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Bread, 
pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; 
communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing 
wafers, rice paper and similar products (excl. crispbread, gingerbread and the like, sweet 
biscuits, waffles, wafers not mentioned, rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted 
products) (HS code(s): 190590); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 
67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 43:2022, 
Bread — Specification, Third Edition; (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for bread intended for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• EAS 12, Potable water – Specification  
• EAS 35, Edible salt – Specification  
• 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/TBT/N/BDI/311 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1357 • G/TBT/N/RWA/752 • G/TBT/N/TZA/875 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1722  
 
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  • EAS 321, Edible fats and oils  
• EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products — Determination of total cyanogens ─ 
Enzymatic assay method  
• CODEX Stan 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
• ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — 
Routine reference method  
• ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
Gener al method  
• ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
• EAS 767, Fortified wheat flour - Specification ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food 
and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for t he enumeration of yeasts and 
moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products with water activity less than 
or equal to 0.95  
• ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
• EAS 5, Refined white sugar — Specification  
• CXS 192, General Standard for food additives  
• ISO 4832 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
Contact person(s):  
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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