G/TBT/N/TZA/420  
6 April 2020  
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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:  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  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email an d 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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docum ent: DEAS 72: 2019 
Processed cereal -based foods for older infants and young children — Specification 
(10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for processed cerea l-based foods intended for feeding older 
infants as a complementary food generally from the age of six months onwards, taking 
into account the infants' nutritional requirements, and for feeding young children as part of 
a progressively diversified diet.  The standard excludes both fortified and unfortified 
blended and composite flours.  
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:   
• AOAC 936.14, Vitamin D in milk, vitamin preparations and feed concentrates ― Rat 
bioassay  
• AOAC 942.05, Ash of animal feed  
• AOAC 961.14, Niacin and niacinamide in drugs, foods and feeds ― Colorimetric 
method  
• AOAC 984.26, Vitamin C (Total) in food ― Semi automated fluorometric method  G/TBT/N/TZA/420  
 
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  • AOAC 984.27, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, 
Potassium, Sodium, and Zinc in Infant Formula ― Inductively Coupled Plasma 
Emission Spectroscopic method  
• AOAC 985.35, Minerals in Infant Formula, Enteral Products, and Pet Foods ― Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometric method  
• AOAC 986.24, Phosphorus in infant formula and enteral products ― 
Spectrophotometric method  
• AOAC 995.13, Carbohydrate in Coffee: AOAC Method 995.13 vs a New Fast Ion 
Chromatography Method  
• AOAC 2000.17, Determination of Trace Glucose and Fructose  
• AOAC 986.27, Thiamine (Vitamin B1) milk based infant formula ― Flurometric  
method  
• AOAC 992.04, Vitamin A (Retinol isomers) in milk and milk -based infant formula ― 
Liquid chromatographic method  
• AOAC 995.05, Vitamin D in infant formulas and internal products ― Liquid 
chromatographic method  
• AOAC 983.23, Simplified gravimetric deter mination of total fat in food composites 
after chloroform -methanol extraction  
• AOAC 2015.002, Standard Method Performance RequirementsSM (SMPRs) for Total 
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) in Infant and Adult/ Pediatric Nutritional Formula  
• CAC/GL 10 -1979, Advisory lists  of mineral salts and vitamin compounds for use in 
foods for infants and children  
• CAC/GL 23, Guidelines for use of nutrition and health claims  
• CODEX STAN 192 -1995, General standard for food additives  
• EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre-packaged foods  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry ― Code of practice  
• EAS 82, Milled cereal products ― Methods of test  
• ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products ― Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
• ISO 8262 -1, Milk products and milk -based foods ― Determination of fat content by 
the Weibull -Berntrop gravimetric method (Reference method) -- Part 1: Infant 
foods  
• ISO 8968 -2, Milk ― Determination of nitrogen content ― Part 2: Block -digestion 
method (Macro method)  
• ISO 6869, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of the contents of calcium, copper, 
iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium and zinc — Method using atomic 
absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 20633, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vita min E and 
vitamin A by normal phase high performance liquid chromatography  
• ISO 20636, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin D by 
liquid chromatography -mass spectrometry  
• ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insol uble in hydrochloric 
acid 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister for 
Industry, Trade and Investment  G/TBT/N/TZA/420  
 
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  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  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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