G/TBT/N/BDI/370 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1450  
G/TBT/N/RWA/882 , G/TBT/N/TZA/984  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1787  
16 June 2023 
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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:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo;  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;  
Tel: +255 222450206;  
E- mail: info@tbs.go.tz ; 
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  CEREALS 
(HS code(s): 10); PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; 
WHEAT GLUTEN (HS code(s): 11); PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR 
MILK; PASTRYCOOKS' PRODUCTS (HS code(s): 19); Food technology (ICS code(s): 67)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1160:2023, Draft East African Standards for Breakfast Cereals; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for breakfast cereals intended for human consump tion 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
CXS 193, General standards for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
EAS 805 Guidelines for nutrition  and health claims.  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice;  G/TBT/N/BDI/370 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1450 • G/TBT/N/RWA/882 • G/TBT/N/TZA/984 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1787  
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  EAS 900, Cereals and pulses — Sampling  
EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
ISO 6579 -1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feedstuffs — 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  
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 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 7305 Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
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:   
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  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/TZA/23_10301_00_e.pdf