G/TBT/N/TZA/574  
15 April 2021 
(21-3147) 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):  Vegetable 
products, n.e.s (HS 1 404); Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DEAS  1041:2021 Dried Cassava Leaves — Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for dried cassava leaves, obtained from fresh cassava 
(Manihot esculenta Crantz) leaves intended 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:   
• CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
• CODEX STAN 193, Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food 
and Feed  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry – Code of practice  
• EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products — Determination of total cyanogens  — 
Enzymatic assay method  
• ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxins B1 and total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts, and derived products — High 
performance liquid chromatographic method  
• ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and  animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
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  • ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal  feeding 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  
• ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
• ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of micro -organisms — Part 1: Colony -count at 30 degrees C — Pour 
plate technique  
• ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
General method  
• ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
• ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 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 95 24 
Dar Es Salaam  
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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