G/TBT/N/TZA/355  
2 December 2019  
(19-8242) 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):  (ICS: 
67.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1013: 
2019 Cheese — Specification — Cream cheese (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cream cheese for direct consumption and for further 
proces sing. 
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:   
• CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants in food and feed  
• CODEX STAN 275, Standard for cream cheese  
• CODEX STAN 283, General standard for cheese  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/355  
 
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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  feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
• ISO 1735, Cheese and processed cheese products — Determination of fat 
content — Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
• ISO 5534, Cheese and processed cheese — Determination of the total solids 
content (Reference)  
• ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
salmonella SPP.  
• ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumerati on of colony -forming units of 
yeasts and/or moulds —Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C  
• ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
• ISO 8197, Milk and milk products — Sampling inspection by variables  
• ISO 5538, Milk and milk products — Sampling  — Inspection by attributes  
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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