G/TBT/N/BDI/289, G/TBT/N/KEN/1323  
G/TBT/N/RWA/723, G/TBT/N/TZA/842  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1697  
9 November 2022  
(22-8383) 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:  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: nep@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 [  ], 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):  Fruits, 
vegetables and derived products in general (ICS cod e(s): 67.080.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 77:2022, 
Fruit drinks — Specification,Third Edition; (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This East African Standard specifies the requirements, samp ling 
and test methods for fruit drinks either as ready -to-drink or dilutables containing fruit 
juice.  
This standard does not apply to the following categories of products for which other 
standards apply:  
a) fruit juices and nectars;  
b) vegetable juices and nectars; and  
c) water based flavored drinks  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Protection of animal or plant life or healt h; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper and iron in foods. Atomic absorption 
spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  G/TBT/N/BDI/289 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1323 • G/TBT/N/RWA/723 • G/TBT/N/TZA/842 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1697  
 
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  • EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of 
practice  
• EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
• EAS 804, Claims on foods — Requirements  
• EAS 805, Use of nutritional and health claims — Requirements  
• ISO 763, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
• ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of pH  
• ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable  products ─ Determination of soluble solids ─ 
Refractometric method  
• ISO 2448, Fruit and vegetable products ─ Determination of ethanol content  
• ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Col ony count at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of microorganisms — Part 2: Colony count at 30 
degrees C by the surface platin  
• ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and anima l feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration ofcoliforms — Colony -count technique ISO 6633, Fruits, 
vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — Flameless 
atomicabsorption spectrometric method  
• ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables a nd derived products — Determination of arsenic 
content — Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
• 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 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration ofyeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
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 [ ] 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  
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