G/TBT/N/TZA/288  
 
3 June 2019  
(19-3776) 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  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road  
Ubungo P.O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206   
Email: 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 [  ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cosmetics. 
Toiletries (ICS 71.100.70)  
5. Title, number of pag es and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 967 -1: 
2019 Butter for cosmetic use – Specification Part 1: Shea butter (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods  for shea butter for cosmetic use derived from the kernels of 
the sheanuts (Butyrospermum parkii). This standard does not cover products for which 
therapeutic claims are made.  
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:   
• ISO 15774, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of cadmium 
content by direct graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and 
acidity  
• ISO 662, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of moisture and 
volatile matter content  
• ISO 663, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determinati on of insoluble 
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  • ISO 3596, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of unsaponifiable 
matter — Method using diethyl ether extraction  
• ISO 3657, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of saponification 
value  
• ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide value 
— Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
• ISO 3961, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of iodine value  
• ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizo ntal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms — Most probable number 
technique  
• ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Sampling  
• ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of melting point 
in open capillary tubes (Slip point)  
• ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of copper, iron 
and nickel contents — Graphite furnace atomic absorption method  
• ISO 18416, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of candida albicans  
• ISO 21149, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Enumeration and detection of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria  
• ISO 21527 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds  
• ISO 22716, Cosmetics — Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) — Guidelines  on 
Good Manufacturing Practices  
• ISO 22717, Cosmetics — Microbiology —Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
• ISO 22718, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Staphylococcus aureus  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister 
for Industry, Trade and Investment  
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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road  
Ubungo P.O BOX 9524  
Tel:+255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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