G/SPS/N/BDI/84, G/SPS/N/KEN/251  
G/SPS/N/RWA/77, G/SPS/N/TZA/319  
G/SPS/N/UGA/303  
 
11 January 2024  
(24-0227) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; 
food preparations based on these products (HS code(s): 1601); Meat and meat products 
(ICS code(s): 67.120.10)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DEAS 954: 2023, Meat sausages — Specification, 
Second edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  16 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/TZA/24_00326_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for meat sausages intended for human consumption.  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BDI/84  • G/SPS/N/KEN/251 • G/SPS/N/RWA/77  • G/SPS/N/TZA/319 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/303  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. AOAC  972.25, Lead in Food Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric Method  
2. AOAC 2011.04, Protein in Raw and Processed Meats — Automated Dye -Binding Method  
3. CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
4. CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food  
5. CAC/R CP 58 -2005, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
6. Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additives  
7. EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
8. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
9. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
10. EAS 955, Hygienic requirements for the production of packaged meat products  
11. ISO 936, Meat and meat products — Determination of total ash  
12. ISO 1442, Meat and meat products — Determination of moisture content (Reference 
method)  
13. ISO 1443, Meat  and meat products — Determination of total fat content  
14. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella  spp. 
15. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
16. ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of Clostridium pe rfringens  — Colony count technique  
17. ISO 10272 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for detection and 
enumeration of Campylobacter  spp. — Part 1: Detection method  
18. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content o f 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — 
High-performance liquid chromatographic method  
19. ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli 0157 
20. ISO/TS 17728:2015 , Microbiology of the food chain — Sampling techniques for 
microbiological analysis of food and feed samples  
21. ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. - Part 1: Detection method  
22. EAS 954:2020, Meat Sausages — Specifications  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 March 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P.O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  G/SPS/N/BDI/84  • G/SPS/N/KEN/251 • G/SPS/N/RWA/77  • G/SPS/N/TZA/319 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/303  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P.O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 2 45 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz