G/TBT/N/TZA/510  
14 December 2020  
(20-9032) 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):  Chocolate 
and other food prepar ations containing cocoa (HS 1806); Chocolate (ICS 67.190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1033: 
2020 Chocolate and chocolate products — Specification (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for chocolate and chocolate products 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  
8. Relevant documents:   
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements.  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
AOAC 963.15, Fat in Cacao Products  
AOAC 931.05, Cacao Mass (Fat -Free) of Chocolate Liquor  
AOAC 945.34, Fat (Milk) in Milk Chocolate  
AOAC 920.80, Milk Fat in Milk Chocolate  
AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods — Atomic Absorption 
Spectroph otometry after Microwave Digestion  
AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods  
AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in Food  
AOAC 986.15, Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Selenium, and Zinc in Human and Pet Foods  
CODEX STAN 234, Methods of Analysis and Sampling  
CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli O157  
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 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1: Colony count technique in product s G/TBT/N/TZA/510  
 
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  with water activity greater than 0,95  
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:  February 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.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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