G/TBT/N/TZA/511  
14 December 2020  
(20-9034) 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):  Soap; 
organic surface -active pr oducts and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, 
cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface -active 
products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up 
for retail sale,  whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, 
impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent (HS 3401); Surface active agents 
(ICS 71.100.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 31: 2020 
Laundry soap — Specification (9 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for two grades of laundry soaps. This standard covers two 
grades of laundry soap pure and built laundry soap in the form of cakes, tablets or bars, 
produced from vegetable or animal oils or fats or a blend of all or part to these materials. 
It does not cover any soap in which synthetic detergents have been added to enhance its 
performance  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
ISO 456, Surface -active agents — Determination of free caustic alkali  
ISO 457, Analysis of soap — Determination of chloride content  
ISO 672, Analysis of soap — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
ISO 673, Analysis of soap — Determination of ethanol insoluble matter  
ISO 684, Analysis of soap — Determination of total free alkali  
ISO 685, Analysis of soap — Determination of total alkali content and  total fatty matter 
content  
ISO 862, Surface active agents — Vocabulary  
ISO 1067, Analysis of soap — Determination of unsaponifiable, unsaponified, and 
unsaponified saponifiable matter  
ISO 6839, Anionic surface active agents — Determination of solubility i n water  G/TBT/N/TZA/511  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  February 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.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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