G/TBT/N/TZA/613  
9 June 2021  
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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):  Fruits, 
vegetables and derived products in general (ICS 67.080.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1060: 
2021 Canned vegetables — Specification (34 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Standard applies to canned vegetables, as defined in 
Section 4 below and in the corresponding Annexes and offered for direct consumption, 
including for catering purposes or for repackaging if required. It does not apply to the 
product when indicated as being intended for further processing. This Standard does not 
cover vegetables that are lacto -fermented, pickled or preserved in vinegar.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labell ing; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 999.10, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper and Iron in foods Atomic 
absorption spectrometry after microwave digestion  
CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for food additives  
EAS 38, Labelling for pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
ISO 2447, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of tin ISO 4833 -2, 
Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms — Part 2: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the surface plating 
technique  
ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determina tion of lead content — 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric 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 -D-glucuronide  
ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for G/TBT/N/TZA/613  
 
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  the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity great er than 0,95  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  August 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 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
 
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz