G/TBT/N/BDI/372  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1452  
G/TBT/N/RWA/884  
G/TBT/N/TZA/986  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1789  
16 June 2023 
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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  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo;  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;  
Tel: +255 222450206;  
E- mail: info@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 [X], 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):  CEREALS 
(HS code(s): 10); Food technology (ICS code(s): 67)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1161:2023, Draft East African Standard for Prepackaged Cooked Beans; (18 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies the requirements,  
sampling and test methods for prepacked cooked beans obtained from different varieties 
of Phaseolus spp 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:   
EAS 46, Dry beans — Specification  
EAS Biofortified dry beans - Specification  
EAS Mixed beans - Specification  
AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
CXS 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  G/TBT/N/BDI/372 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1452 • G/TBT/N/RWA/884 • G/TBT/N/TZA/986 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1789  
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  EAS 805 Guidelines for nutrition and health claims.  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice;  
EAS 900, Cereals and pulses — Sampling  
EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
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 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — Determination 
of crude fat and tota lfat 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 feedstuffs — Horizontal method f or the 
enumeration of yeasts andmoulds — 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, nu ts 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 Escherichia 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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/TZA/23_10311_00_e.pdf