G/TBT/N/TZA/354  
2 December 2019  
(19-8240) 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 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):  Cheese 
(ICS 67.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1012: 
2019 Cheese — Specification — Mozzarella cheese (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for mozzarella cheese intended for direct consumption or for 
further processing.  
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:   
• AOAC  926.08, Loss on drying (moisture) in cheese  
• AOAC 980.21, Aflatoxin M1 in milk and cheese, Thin –layer chromatography  
• CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• CODEX STAN 283, General standard for cheese  
• ISO 1735, Cheese and processed cheese products — Determination of fat 
content — Gravimetric method (Reference method)  G/TBT/N/TZA/354  
 
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  • ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stu ffs — 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.  
• ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of betaglucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — 
Part 2: Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5bromo -4-chloro -3-
indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
• ISO 6611, Milk and mi lk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of 
yeasts and/or moulds —Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C  
• ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphyl ococcus aureus and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -
Parker agar medium  
• ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria SPP. — 
Part 2: Enumeration meth od 
• ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
• ISO 8197, Milk and milk products — Sampling — Inspection by variables  
• ISO 5738, Milk and milk products — Determination of copper content — 
Photometric method (reference method)  
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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