G/TBT/N/TZA/348  
25 November 2019  
(19-8053) 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  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email a nd 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):  Fruits and 
derived products (ICS 67.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1006: 
2019 Sesame (simsim) — Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East Africa Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for sesame (Sesamun indicum.L.) intended for human 
consumptio n 
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, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
• Codex Stan 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• ISO 542, Oilseeds — Sampling  
• ISO 605 , Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
• ISO 659, Oilseeds — Determination of oil content (Reference method)  
• ISO 665, Oilseeds – Determination of moisture content  G/TBT/N/TZA/348  
 
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  • ISO 5985, Animal feeding  stuff — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
• ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff — Horizontal method for 
the determination of Salmonella spp  
• ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
• ISO 16050, Food stuffs — 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 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — 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  
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  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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