G/TBT/N/BDI/288, G/TBT/N/KEN/1322  
G/TBT/N/RWA/722, G/TBT/N/TZA/841  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1696  
9 November 2022  
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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: 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 [  ], 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):  - Other 
fruit (HS code(s): 081340); Fruits and derived prod ucts (ICS code(s): 67.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 946: 2022 
,Dried fruits — Specification,Second Edition; (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This East African Standard specifies requir ements, sampling 
and test methods for dried fruits intended for direct human consumption or for other use 
in the food industry.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 963.20, Sulfurous Acid (Total) in dried fruits — Calorimetric method  
EAS 38, Labelling for prepacked foods — General requirements  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
ISO 763, Fruits and vegetable products — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  G/TBT/N/BDI/288 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1322 • G/TBT/N/RWA/722 • G/TBT/N/TZA/841 • 
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  ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate techn ique 
ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms — Part 2: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the surface plating technique  
ISO 5522, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of total sul phur 
dioxide content  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal methods for detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead co ntent — 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic content — 
Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric 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 I  
ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizont al method for the 
enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Esherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -count 
technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo4 -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 [ ] 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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