G/SPS/N/TZA/327  
23 January 2024  
(24-0481) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Maize "corn" flour (HS code(s): 110220); Groats and meal of maize 
"corn" (HS code(s): 110313); Maize starch (HS code(s): 110812); Cereals, pulses and 
derived p roducts (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DEAS 44:2023, Milled maize (corn) products — 
Specification, Fifth Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/TZA/24_00573_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for whole maize meal, granulated maize meal, sifted maize 
meal, maize grits and maize flour from the grains of common maize ( Zea mays  L.) 
intended for human consumption.  
This standard does not apply to fortified milled maize (corn) products and maize grits 
intended for brewing,  manufacturing of starch and any other industrial use.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal He alth Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/TZA/327  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. AOAC 965.22, Sorting corn grits sieving method modified  
2. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
3. EAS 2, Maize grains — Specification  
4. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
5. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
6. EAS 900, Cereals and pulses — Sampling  
7. EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
8. ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
9. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
10. ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of  cadmium 
content — Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
11. ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
12. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiol ogy of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp. 
13. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — 
Flameless atomic absorption spe ctrometric method  
14. 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  
15. ISO 7305,  Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
16. ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
17. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal fee ding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of beta - glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -
count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3- indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
18. 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  
19. CODEX STAN 154:1985(Rev.1:1995), Standard for whole maize (corn) meal  
20. EAS 44:2017, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 March 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Bahati Samillani  
Clavery Chausi  
National Enquiry Point Officers for SPS  
Dr. Athuman Ngenya  
Director General - Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
P.O. Box 9524  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  G/SPS/N/TZA/327  
 
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  E-mail: bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
 clavery.chausi@tbs.go.tz  
 dg@tbs.go.tz  
 david.ndibalema@tbs.go.tz  
 nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Bahati Samillani  
Clavery Chausi  
National Enquiry Point Officers for SPS  
Dr. Athuman Ngenya  
Director General - Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
P.O. Box 9524  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
 clavery.chausi@tbs.go.tz  
 dg@tb s.go.tz  
 david.ndbalema@tbs.go.tz  
 nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz