G/TBT/N/TZA/487  
12 November 2020  
(20-8110) 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):  Meat and 
meat products (ICS 67. 120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1028: 
2020 Ham — Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for ham. The standard applies to the product that is cured 
and may be smoked or cooked, spiced and/or flavored.  
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:   
• CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food  
• CAC/RCP 68 -2009, Code of practice for the reduction of contamination of food 
with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) from smoking and direct drying 
processes CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foo ds — General requirements  
• EAS 35, Edible table salt — Specification  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
• EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
• ISO 5961, Water quality — Determination of cadmium by atomic absorptio n 
spectrometry  
• ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead 
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  • ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of mercury 
content — Flameless atomic absorption method  
• ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal 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, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
• ISO 16654:2001/Amd.1:2017, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — 
Horizontal method for t he detection of Escherichia coli O157 AMENDMENT 1: 
Annex B: Result of interlaboratory studies  
• ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 
1: Detecti on method  
• ISO 17294 -2, Water quality — Application of inductively coupled plasma mass 
spectrometry (ICP -MS) — Part 2: Determination of 62 elements  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  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.sa millani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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