G/TBT/N/BDI/349, G/TBT/N/KEN/1418  
G/TBT/N/RWA/856, G/TBT/N/TZA/939  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1765  
20 April 2023  
(23-2861) 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):  Frozen 
meat of swine (excl. carcases and half -carcases, and  hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, 
with bone in) (HS code(s): 020329); Meat and meat products (ICS code(s): 67.120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1136:2023 Raw Ground Meat Products — Specification; (12 page(s) , in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for raw ground/minced meat products. These products 
include, but not limited to, meat balls, patties, meat burgers, meat rolls and ground 
kebabs that are intended for further processing before consumption. This standard does 
not include meat sausages.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requirements; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and 
productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
ISO 1729 4-2 Water quality — Application of inductively coupled plasma mass 
spectrometry (ICP -MS) — Part 2: Determination of selected elements including uranium 
isotopes  
ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — 
Flameless at omic absorption spectrometric method  G/TBT/N/BDI/349 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1418 • G/TBT/N/RWA/856 • G/TBT/N/TZA/939 • 
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  ISO 5961 Water quality — Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption spectrometry  
ISO 6637 Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of mercury content 
— Flameless atomic absorption method  
ISO/TS 17728 Microbiology of the food chain — Sampling techniques for microbiological 
analysis of food and feed samples  
CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food  
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 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
specie s) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
ISO 10272 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for detection and 
enumeration of Campylobacter spp. — Part 2: Colony -count technique  
ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 1: Detection method  
ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7  
CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
EAS 35, Edible salt — Specification  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of pr actice  
EAS xxx, Methods for the chemical analysis of meat and meat products  
CAC/RCP 58 Code of Hygienic Practice for Meat  
ISO/TS 20224 Molecular biomarker analysis — Detection of animal derived materials in 
foodstuffs and feedstuffs by real time PCR: All p arts 
ISO 936:1998 Meat and meat products — Determination of total ash  
AOAC 2011.04 Protein in Raw and Processed Meats Automated Dye -Binding Method  
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 [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  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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