G/TBT/N/TZA/379  
3 February 2020  
(20-0793) 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  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Websiite: 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 [   ], 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):  Sugar and 
sugar products (ICS 67.180.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS  5:2019 
Refined white sugar — Specification (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for refined white sugar intended for industrial use and/or 
human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
• EAS 348, Glossary of terms used in confectionery trade  
• ISO 4833 -1:2013 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganism s — Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour 
plate technique  
• 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 feeding stuffs. Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds -Colony count technique in products with 
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  • ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3 -27 (1994): The Determination of Lead in Sug ar Products 
by a Colorimetric Method  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3/9 -15, The Determination of Sugar Moisture by Loss on 
Drying  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -1,The Braunschweig Method for the Polarisation of White 
Sugar by Polarimetry  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -10, The Determina tion of White Sugar Solution Colour  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -23, Arsenic and Lead in White Sugar, Atom. Adsorp. 
Spectroscopy  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -29 (1994): The Determination of Copper in Refined Sugar 
Products by a Colorimetric Method  
• ICUMSA GS 2/3 -35, The De termination of Sulphite in Brown Sugars  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -5, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Purified 
Sugars by the Knight and Allen EDTA Method  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -19, The Determination of Insoluble Matter in White Sugar 
by Membrane Filtra tion 
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -25 (2007): The Determination of Arsenic in Refined Sugar 
Products by a Colorimetric Method  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/9 -6, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in White Sugar by 
Modified Ofner Method  
• ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and a nimal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable 
number technique  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister for 
Industry, Trade and Investment  
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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Websiite: www.tbs.go.tz  
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