G/TBT/N/BDI/87  
6 January 2021  
(21-0201) 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:  BURUNDI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815/+25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Web site: www.bbnburundi.org  
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 [X], 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):  Cocoa 
(ICS 67.140.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Cocoa powder 
and cocoa powder mixtures — Specification (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requireme nts, 
sampling and test methods for cocoa powder and cocoa powder mixtures intended for 
human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requirements; Consumer information, labelling ; Quality 
requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• DEAS 1030, Cocoa beans — Specification  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of 
practice  
• Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additive  
• ISO 1577, Determination of acid -insoluble ash  
• ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
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  • ISO 22 92, Cocoa beans — Sampling  
• ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colo ny count at 30 °C by the pour 
plate technique  
• ISO 5498, Agricultural food p roducts — Determination of crude fibre content — 
General method  
• ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp. — Amendment 1: Broader r ange of incubation temperatures, 
amendment to the status of Annex D, and correction of the composition of 
MSRV and SC  
• ISO 7305, Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
• ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction 
method   
• ISO 15141, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of ochratoxin A — 
High performance liquid chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column 
cleanup and fluorescence dete ction 
• ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
• ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding s tuffs — 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 17239, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determin ation of arsenic 
content — Method using hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 21527 -2, microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — part 2: colony count 
technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
• AOAC 931.04, Loss on drying (moisture) in cacao products  — Gravimetric 
method  
• AOAC 970.21, PH of cacao products. Potentiometric method  
• AOAC 999.11, Determination of Le ad, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in 
Foods, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Web site: www.bbnburundi.org  
https://bbnburundi.org/wp -content/uploads/2020/12/DEAS -1031-2020-Cocoa -powder -
and-cocoa -Specification.pdf