G/TBT/N/BDI/467, G/TBT/N/KEN/1613  
G/TBT/N/RWA/1014, G/TBT/N/TZA/1121  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1925  
3 May 2024  
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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  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel. No: +255 22 245 0298/+255 22 245 0206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
Telefax: +255 22 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://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):  Soya 
beans, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing) (HS code(s): 120190); Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 762: 
2024, Dry soybeans — Specification, Second Edition  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (9 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for dry soybeans of varieties (cultivars) grown from Glycine 
max (L.) Merr. intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent probl ems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmo nization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/BDI/467 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1613 • G/TBT/N/RWA/1014  • G/TBT/N/TZA/1121 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1925  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 2001.04, Official methods of analysis for fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flakes  
2. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
3. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Requirements  
4. EAS 901, Cereal and Pulses — Test Methods  
5. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella  spp. 
6. ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
cadmium content — Part 1 — Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
7. ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
cadmium content — Part 2  — Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
8. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead 
content — Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
9. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizonta l method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus  
and other species) — Part 1: Technique using BairdParker agar medium  
10. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive  Escherichia coli  — Most 
probable number technique  
11. ISO 21527, 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 acti vity less than or equal to 0.95  
12. EAS 900, Cereal and Pulses — Sampling  
13. ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined and notified  
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)  
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  
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