G/TBT/N/TZA/350  
2 December 2019  
(19-8230) 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:  TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: 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 [  ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Milk and 
processed milk products (ICS 67.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1008: 
2019 Fermented (cultured) milk — Specification (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for fermented (cultured) milk for human consumption. This 
Standard does not apply to yoghurt covered in EAS 33.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC  999.11, Official Method, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods 
— Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
• CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
• CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk product s 
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria  SPP. — 
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  • ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
• ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal fee ding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
• ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of 
yeasts and/or moulds —Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C  
• ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evapor ated milk — Determination of total solids 
content (Reference 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 707, Milk and milk products — Methods of sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister 
for Industry, Trade and Investment  
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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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