G/TBT/N/TZA/306  
27 August 2019  
(19-5481) 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):  Packaging 
materials and accessories (ICS 55.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 985 -
1:2019 Hermetic storage bags —Specification – Part 1; Woven polypropylene outer bags 
(23 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for hermetic bags for storage of dried food commodities, 
derived products and seeds.  
This standard covers hermetic bags whose outer bags are made from woven 
polypropylene  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO 7023, Packaging -- Sacks -- Method of sampling empty sacks for testing  
• ASTM D 398 -13, Determination of water vapour transmission rate (WVTR) -- 
Gravimetric (dish) method ISO 4591 Plastics -- Film and sheeting -- 
Determination of average thickness of a sample, and average thickness and 
yield of a roll, by gravimetric techniques (gravimetric thickness)  
• ISO 2556, Plastics -- Determination of the gas transmission rate o f films and 
thin sheets under atmospheric pressure -- Manometric method  G/TBT/N/TZA/306  
 
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  • ISO 7765, Plastic film and sheeting -Determination of Impact resistance by free 
falling dart method part 2: Instrumented punctured test  
• ISO 6383 -2, Plastic film and sheeting -Determinati on of tear resistance part 2: 
Elmendorf -method  
• ISO 7965 -2, Sack -drop test part 2: -Sacks made from thermoplastic flexible film  
• ISO 22198, Textile Fabrics -Determination of width and length  
• ISO 7211 -5, Textile -woven Fabrics -Construction -methods of analysis -Part 5: 
Determination of linear density of yearn removed from fabrics.  
• ISO 3801, Textile -woven Fabrics -Determination of mass per unit length and 
mass per unit area  
• ISO 13934 -1, Textiles -- Tensile properties of fabrics -- Part 1: Determination of 
maximum fo rce and elongation at maximum force using the strip method  
• ASTM D -3985-95 Standard Test Method for Oxygen Gas Transmission Rate 
Through Plastic Film and Sheeting Using a Coulometric Sensor  
• ISO 2062, Textiles -- Yarns from packages -- Determination of singl e-end 
breaking force and elongation at break using constant rate of extension (CRE) 
tester  
• ASTM F 1927 - 07 Standard Test Method for Determination of Oxygen Gas 
Transmission Rate, Permeability and Permeance at Controlled Relative Humidity 
Through Barrier M aterials Using a Coulometric Detector  
• ASTM F1306 – 90, Standard Test Method for Slow Rate Penetration Resistance 
of Flexible Barrier Films and Laminates  
• ASTM D882 -18, Standard Test Method for Tensile Properties of thin Plastic 
Sheeting  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  February 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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