G/SPS/N/BDI/86, G/SPS/N/KEN/253  
G/SPS/N/RWA/79, G/SPS/N/TZA/321  
G/SPS/N/UGA/305  
11 January 2024  
(24-0231) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Other, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal 
(HS code(s): 02109); Meat and meat products (ICS code(s): 67. 120.10)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DEAS 1188: 2023, Edible natural casings — 
Specification, First edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/TZA/24_00336_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for edible natural casings fit for human consumption. 
Edible  natural casings shall be derived from gazetted food animals in the EAC partner 
states and presented as wet, dried and/or salted dried.  
This standard does not cover the casing from cellulose and collagens.  
Note: This Draft East  African Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BDI/86 • G/SPS/N/KEN/253 • G/SPS/N/RWA/79 • G/SPS/N/TZA/321 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/305  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. CD-ARS 1287, Transportation of meat and meat products — Requirements  
2. EAS 955, Hygienic requirements for the production of packaged meat products  
3. Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additives  
4. CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
5. CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygiene practice for meat  
6. EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods — Specification  
7. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and ani mal feeds — Horizontal method for detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella, Enumeration by a miniaturized most 
probable number technique  
8. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for 
enumeration of Coagulasepositive s taphylococci. ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species), Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
9. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for detection, 
enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  – Most probable number techn ique 
10. ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1, Colony count technique in products 
with water activity greater than 0.95  
11. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal fe eding 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  
12. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enume ration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
13. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate technique  
14. ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms – Part 2: Colony count at 30 °C by the surface plating technique  
15. EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
16. EAS 35, Fortified food grade salt — Specification  
17. US 1866: 2018, Edible natural casings – Specificatio ns 
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 March 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Bahati Samillani , Clavery Chausi  
National Enquiry Point Officers for SPS  
Dr. Athuman Ngenya  
Director Gene ral - Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
P.O. Box 9524  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
 clavery.chausi@tbs.go.tz  
 dg@tbs.go.tz  
 david.ndbalema@tbs.go.tz  
 nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  G/SPS/N/BDI/86 • G/SPS/N/KEN/253 • G/SPS/N/RWA/79 • G/SPS/N/TZA/321 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/305  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P.O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz