G/TBT/N/TZA/380  
3 February 2020  
(20-0794) 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):  Sugar and 
sugar products (ICS 67.180.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS  8:2019 
Raw cane sugar — Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and methods of test for raw sugar produced from sugarcane (Saccharum 
officinarum), and intended for  further processing to make it fit for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice 
ISO 6579 -1:2017 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and seroty ping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
• CUMSA Method GS 1/2/3/9 -1, The Determination of Polarisation of Raw Sugar by 
Polarimetry  
• ICUMSA Method GS 1/3/4/7/8 -13, The Determination of Conductivity Ash in Raw 
Sugar  
• ICUMSA Method GS 1/3-7, The Determination of Raw Sugar Solution Colour at pH 
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  • ICUMSA Method GS 1/3/7 -3, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Cane Raw 
Sugar, Lane+Eynon Procedure  
• ICUMSA Method GS 1 -5, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Cane Raw Sugar, 
Luff-Schoor l Procedure  
• ICUMSA Method GS 1 -10, The Determination of Ash in Raw Sugar by Single 
Sulphation  
• ICUMSA Method GS 1 -16, The Determination of Starch in Raw Sugar by the BSES 
method  
• ICUMSA method GS 1 -17, The Determination of Starch in Raw Sugar by the SPRI 
Rapid Starch Test  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3/9 -15, The Determination of Sugar Moisture by Loss on 
Drying  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3 -27, The Determination of Lead in Sugar Products by a 
Colorimetric Method  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -23, The Determination of Arsenic and Lead  in White Sugar, 
Atomic Adsorption Spectroscopy  
• ICUMSA Method GS 9/1/2/3 -8, The Determination of Raw Sugar Solution Colour at 
pH 7.0, MOPS Method  
• ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration  of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable 
number technique  
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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