G/TBT/N/TZA/571  
 
15 April 2021  
(21-3137) 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  
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):  Starches; 
inulin (HS 1108); Pre packaged and prepared foods (ICS 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 742:2021 
Food grade cassava starch — Specification (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for food grade cassava starch  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of huma n health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
• EAS 103, General standard for food additives  
• EAS 738, Fresh sweet cassava ─ Specification  
• EAS 739, Dried cassava chips ─ Specification  
• ISO 1666, Starch ─ Determination of moisture content ─ Oven -drying method  
• ISO 5809, Starches and derived products ─ Determination of sulphated ash  
• ISO 5810, Starches and derived products ─ Determination of chloride content ─ 
Potentiometric me thod 
• 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 10520, Native starch ─ Determination of starch content ─ Ewers polarime tric 
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  • 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  
• ISO 6579 -1 Microbiology of th e food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
• ISO 4833 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30°C by the pour plate 
technique  
• ISO 5498 Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
General method  
• CODEX STAN 193 - Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in foods  
• EAS 740, Cassava flour ─ Specificat ion 
• EAS 744 Cassava and cassava products – Determination of total cyanogens – 
Enzymatic assays method  
• AOAC 943.02, PH of flour. Potentiometric method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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  
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.sa millani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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