G/SPS/N/BDI/66, G/SPS/N/KEN/223  
G/SPS/N/RWA/59, G/SPS/N/TZA/288  
G/SPS/N/UGA/272  
 
21 August 2023  
(23-5602) 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):  Animal or vegetable fertilizers, whether or not mixed together or 
chemically treated; fertilizers produced by the mixing or chemical trea tment of animal or 
vegetable products (HS code(s): 3101); Fertilizers (ICS code(s): 65.080); Organic 
fertilizers  
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 1167: 2023, Organic fertilizer — Specification, 
First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  20 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/TZA/23_11849_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for organic fertilizers.  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [X]  animal health, [X]  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 standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BDI/66 • G/SPS/N/KEN/223 • G/SPS/N/RWA/59 • G/SPS/N/TZA/288 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/272  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. AOAC 2006.03, Arseni c, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, lead, molybdenum, nickel, and 
selenium in fertilizers — Microwave digestion and inductively coupled plasma -optical 
emission spectrometry  
2. ISO 6598, Fertilizers — Determination of phosphorus content — Quinoline 
phosphomolybdate gravimetric method  
3. ISO 8157, Fertilizers, soil conditioners and beneficial substances — Vocabulary  
4. ISO 8397, Solid fertilizers and soil conditioners — Test sieving  
5. ISO 10390,  Soil quality — Determination of pH  
6. ISO 10694, Soil quality — Determination of organic and total carbon after dry 
combustion (elementary analysis)  
7. ISO 4831 – Microbiology – General guidance for the enumeration of coliforms – Most 
Probable Number technique (MPN)  
8. ISO 6579 -– Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella  spp. 
9. ISO 7251 – Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for detection 
and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most Probable Number Technique  
10. ISO 5315, Fertilizers – Determination of Total Nitrogen Content – Titrimetric method 
after distillation  
11. AOAC 965.08, Water (free) in fertilizers — Vacuum -desiccation  
12. ISO 17184, Soil quality — Determination of carbon and nitrogen by near -infrared 
spectrometry (NIRS)  
13. ISO 5318, Fertilizers — Determination of potassium content — Potassium 
tetraphenylborate gravimetric method  
14. ISO 7899 -2, Water quality — Detection and enumeration of intestinal enterococci — 
Part 2: Membrane filtration method  
15. ISO 14820 -1, Fertilizers and liming materials - Sampling and sample preparation - 
Part 1: Sampling  
16. ISO 148 -2, Fertilizers and liming materials - Sampling and sample preparation - Part 
2: Sample preparation  
17. ISO 7409, Fertilizers - Marking - Presentation and declarations  
18. ISO 11265, Soil quality — Determination of the specific electrical conductivity  
19. EAS 456, Org anic production standard  
20. KS 2290, Organic fertilizer — Specification  
(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) : 20 October 2023  
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/66  • G/SPS/N/KEN/223 • G/SPS/N/RWA/59  • G/SPS/N/TZA/288 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/272  
 
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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) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz