G/TBT/N/BDI/42  
 
23 May 2019  
(19-3564) 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@bbn -burundi.org   
Website: www.bbn -burundi.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):  Fish and 
fishery products (ICS 67.120.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Frozen lobster 
tails — Specification (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This East African Standard adopted as Burundi 
Standard  specifiesrequirements, sampling and test methods for frozen lobster tails of all 
the species of the genera Panuliru s, Thunnus and Peurulus intended for human 
consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food — Silver diethyldibocarbamate method  
2. AOAC 972.23, Lead in fish — Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  
3. AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food — Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  
4. AOAC 983.20, Mercury (methyl) in fish and shellfish — Gas chromatographic 
method  
5. CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
6. CAC/RCP 52, Code of practice for fish and fishery products  G/TBT/N/BDI/42  
 
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  7. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
8. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
9. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice   
10. EAS 62 -1, Fish handling and processing — Code of practice — Part 1: Fresh fish  
11. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
12. EAS 804, Claims on foods — Requirements  
13. EAS 805, Use of nutritional and health claims — Requirements  
14. ISO 4833 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method fo r the enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 
degrees C  
15. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
16. 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  
17. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detecti on and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
18. ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony -count technique  
19. ISO 13720, Meat and mea t products — Enumeration of Pseudomonasspp.  
20. ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Escherichia coli O157  
21. ISO 21567, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detec tion of Shigella spp.  
22. ISO/TS 21872 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — 
Horizontal method for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp.  
23. IS 3892:1975, (R 2005), Specification for frozen lobster tails  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determided  
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@bb n-burundi.org   
Website: www.bbn -burundi.org