G/TBT/N/BDI/393 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1479  
G/TBT/N/RWA/917 , G/TBT/N/TZA/1013  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1826  
17 August  2023 
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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  
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):  Animal or 
vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilisers 
produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products. (HS 
code(s): 3101); Fertilizers (ICS code(s): 65.080) ; Organic Fertilizers  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1167: 
2023, Organic fertilize r — Specification, First Edition  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (20 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for organic fertilizers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of anim al 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/393 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1479 • G/TBT/N/RWA/917 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1013 • 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 2006.03,  Arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, lead, molybdenum, nickel, 
and selenium in fertilizers — Microwave digestion and inductively coupled plasma -
optical emission spectrometry  
2. ISO 6598, Fertilizers — Determination of phosphorus content — Quinoline 
phosphomolybdate gravimetric method  
3. ISO 8157, Fertilizers, soil conditioners and beneficial substances — Vocabulary  
4. ISO 8397, Solid fertilizers and soil conditioners — Test sieving  
5. ISO 10390,  Soil quality — Determination of pH  
6. ISO 10694, Soil quality — Determination of organic and total carbon after dry 
combustion (elementary analysis)  
7. ISO 4831 – Microbiology – General guidance  for the enumeration of coliforms – 
Most Probable Number technique (MPN).  
8. ISO 6579 -– Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
9. ISO 7251 – Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal meth od for 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most Probable 
Number Technique.  
10. ISO 5315, Fertilizers – Determination of Total Nitrogen Content – Titrimetric 
method after distillation  
11. AOAC 965.08, Water (free) in fertilizers — Vacuum -desiccation  
12. ISO 17184, Soil quality — Determination of carbon and nitrogen by near -infrared 
spectrometry (NIRS)  
13. ISO 5318, Fertilizers — Determination of potassium content — Potassium 
tetraphenylborate gravimetric method  
14. ISO 7899 -2, Water quality — Detection a nd enumeration of intestinal enterococci 
— Part 2: Membrane filtration method  
15. ISO 14820 -1, Fertilizers and liming materials - Sampling and sample preparation 
- Part 1: Sampling  
16. ISO 148 -2, Fertilizers and liming materials - Sampling and sample preparation - 
Part 2: Sample preparation  
17. ISO 7409, Fertilizers  -Marking - Presentation and declarations  
18. ISO 11265 , Soil quality — Determination of the specific electrical conductivity  
19. EAS 456,  Organic production standard  
20. KS 2290,  Organic fertilizer — Specification  
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  G/TBT/N/BDI/393 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1479 • G/TBT/N/RWA/917 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1013 • 
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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) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 95 24 
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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