G/TBT/N/TZA/352  
2 December 2019  
(19-8236) 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 1010: 
2019 Cheese — Specification — Cottage cheese (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cottage cheese intended for direct consumption and 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  999.10, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in 
foods, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Microwave Digestion  
• CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants in food and feed  
• CODEX STAN 283, General standard for cheese  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/352  
 
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  • ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for t he detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and 
Listeria SPP — Part 1: Detection method  
• ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liq uid chromatography  
• ISO 1735, Cheese and processed cheese products — Determination of fat 
content — Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
• ISO 3433, Cheese — Determination of fat content — Van Gulik method  
• ISO 3727 -1, Butter — Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat 
contents — Part 1: Determination of moisture content (Reference method)  
• ISO 3727 -2, Butter — Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat 
contents — Part 2: Determination of non -fat solids content (Reference method)  
• ISO 4832, Microb iology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
• ISO 5534, Cheese and processed cheese — Determination of the total solids 
content (Reference)  
• ISO 5538, Milk and milk products — Sampling  — Inspection by attributes  
• ISO 5738, Milk and milk products — Determination of copper content — 
Photometric method (reference method)  
• ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of 
yeasts and/or moulds —Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C  
• ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Methods of sampling  
• ISO 8197, Milk and milk products — Sampling — Inspection by variables  
• ISO 1664 -9, 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 5 -bromo -4chloro -3-
indolyl beta -d-glucuronide  
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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