G/TBT/N/BDI/445, G/TBT/N/KEN/1550  
G/TBT/N/RWA/980, G/TBT/N/TZA/1081  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1895  
10 January 2024  
(24-0220) Page: 1/3 
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):  Sausages 
and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on 
these products. (HS code(s): 1601); Meat and meat products (ICS code(s): 67.120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 954: 
2023, Meat sausages — Specification, Second edition.  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (16 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for meat sausages intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; P rotection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/BDI/445 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1550 • G/TBT/N/RWA/980 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1081 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1895  
 
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  8. Relevant doc uments:   
1. AOAC 972.25, Lead in Food Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric Method  
2. AOAC 2011.04, Protein in Raw and Processed Meats — Automated Dye -Binding Method  
3. CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
4. CAC/MRL  2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food  
5. CAC/RCP 58 -2005, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
6. Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additives  
7. EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
8. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
9. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
10. EAS 955, Hygienic requirements for the production of packaged meat products  
11. ISO 936, Meat and meat products — Determination of total ash  
12. ISO 1442, Meat  and meat products — Determination of moisture content (Reference 
method)  
13. ISO 1443, Meat and meat products — Determination of total fat content  
14. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmon ella spp.  
15. 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  
16. ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony count technique  
17. ISO 10272 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for detection and 
enumeration of Campylobacter sp p. — Part 1: Detection method  
18. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-performance 
liquid chromatographic method  
19. ISO 16654, Microbiolog y of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the detection of Escherichia coli 0157  
20. ISO/TS 17728:2015, Microbiology of the food chain — sampling techniques for 
microbiological analysis of food and feed samples  
21. ISO 11290 -1 Microbiolog y of the food chain Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. Part 1: Detection method  
22. EAS 954:2020 Meat Sausages — Specifications  
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  G/TBT/N/BDI/445 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1550 • G/TBT/N/RWA/980 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1081 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1895  
 
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  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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