G/TBT/N/TZA/509  
14 December 2020  
(20-9031) 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:  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):  Cocoa 
butter, fat and oil (HS 1 804); Cocoa (ICS 67.140.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1032: 
2020 Cocoa butter for food industry — Specification (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cocoa butter for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protectio n of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
DEAS 1030, Cocoa beans — Specification  
AOAC 960.31, Fatty acids (water -insoluble) and butyric acid  
AOAC 975.13 -, Unsaponifiable Matter in Cocoa Butter - Ether  
AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
Codex Stan 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
CAC/GL 50; General guidelines on sampling  
CAC/GL 75, Guidelines on substances us ed as processing aids  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
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 16654 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs ― Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli O157  
ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and a nimal feeding stuffs ― Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) ― Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain ― Horizontal method for  the detection, G/TBT/N/TZA/509  
 
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  enumeration and serotyping of salmonella ― Part 1: Detection of salmonella spp.  
ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain ― Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms ― Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate te chnique  
ISO 15141, Cereals and cereal products ― Determination of ochratoxin A ― High 
performance liquid chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column cleanup and 
fluorescence  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2021  
Proposed date of entry into for ce: 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  
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