G/TBT/N/TZA/341  
25 November 2019  
(19-8045) 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  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P.O Box 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email a nd 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):  Food 
additives (ICS 67.220.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 997: 2019 
Baker's yeast — Specification (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for baker's yeast  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urg ent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• CODEX STAN 107, General standard for the labelling of food additives when sold 
as such  
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
• EAS 1, Wheat flour – Specification  
• ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
• ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  G/TBT/N/TZA/341  
 
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  • ISO/TS 6579 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feed — Horizontal method for 
the detection, enumeration  and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 2: Enumeration 
by a miniaturized most probable number technique  
• ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aure us 
and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar 
medium  
• ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 3: Detection an d MPN technique for low numbers  
• ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufactur ing industry — Code of practice  
• ISO 15914, Animal feeding stuffs — Enzymatic determination of total starch 
content  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister 
for Industry, Trade and Investment  
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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P.O Box 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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