G/TBT/N/BDI/373 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1453  
G/TBT/N/RWA/885 , G/TBT/N/TZA/987  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1790  
16 June 2023  
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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: info@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 [X], 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):  CEREALS 
(HS code(s): 10); PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; 
WHEAT GLUTEN (HS code(s): 11); Food technology (ICS code(s): 67)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 44:2023, 
Draft East African Standard for Milled Maize (Corn) Products; (12 page(s),  in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for whole maize meal, granulated maize meal, sifted maize 
meal, maize grits and maize flour from the grains of common maize ( Zeamay s L.) 
intended for human consumption.  
This standard does not apply to fortified milled maize (corn) products and maize grits 
intended for brewing, manufacturing of starch and any other industrial use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of u rgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food — Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
AOAC 965.22, Sorting corn grits sieving method modified  
CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
EAS 2, Maize grains — Specification  G/TBT/N/BDI/373, G/TBT/N/KEN/1453, G/TBT/N/RWA/885, G/TBT/N/TZA/987, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1790  
 
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  EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General require ments  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
EAS 900, Cereals and pulses — Sampling  
EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by incineration  
ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry.  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonell a — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for  the 
enumeration of coagulase - positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
ISO 7305, Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — Determination 
of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of beta - glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -count 
technique at 44 degrees C using 5 - bromo -4-chloro -3- indolyl beta -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  
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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