G/TBT/N/BDI/310, G/TBT/N/KEN/1356  
G/TBT/N/RWA/751, G/TBT/N/TZA/874  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1721  
20 December 2022  
(22-9513) 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):  Non-
alcoholic beverages (excl. water, fruit or vegetable juices, milk and beer) (HS code(s): 
220299 ); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 800:2022, 
Soya milk — Specification, Second Edition; (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Eas t African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for soya milk intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 972.25, Lead in Food, atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  
• CODEXSTAN 193, General standards for contaminants an d toxins in food and feed  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice;  
• EAS 762, Dry soybeans — Specification  
• EAS 799, Edible full fat soya flour — Specification  G/TBT/N/BDI/310 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1356 • G/TBT/N/RWA/751 • G/TBT/N/TZA/874 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1721  
 
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  • ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk — Determination of total solids 
content (Reference method)  
• ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the p our plate 
technique  
• ISO 5538, Milk and milk products — Sampling —Inspection by attributes  
• ISO 6579 -1:2017 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection 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 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determina tion of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
• ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
• ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeds tuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity greater than or equal to 0.95  
• ISO 16050 Foodstuffs - 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 16050:2003)  
• ISO 16649 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escheric hia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4- chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuronide  
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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