G/SPS/N/BDI/97  
G/SPS/N/KEN/272  
G/SPS/N/RWA/90  
G/SPS/N/TZA/346  
G/SPS/N/UGA/324  
6 May 2024  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
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):  Soya beans, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing) (HS 
code(s): 120190); Cereals, pulses and derived products (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 762: 2024, Dry soybeans — Specification, Second 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  9 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/TZA/24_02974_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for dry soybeans of varieties (cultiv ars) grown from 
Glycine  max (L.) Merr.  intended for human consumption.  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans f rom 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 Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relev ant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BDI/97 • G/SPS/N/KEN/272 • G/SPS/N/RWA/90 • G/SPS/N/TZA/346 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/324  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. AOAC 2001.04, Official methods of analysis for fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and corn 
flakes  
2. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
3. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Requirements  
4. EAS 901, Cereal and Pulses — Test Methods  
5. ISO 6579, Microbiology  of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella  spp. 
6. ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 1 — Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
7. ISO 6 561-2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 2 — Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
8. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — 
Flameless atomic absorption s pectrometric method  
9. 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 BairdParker agar medium  
10. ISO 7251,  Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive  Escherichia coli  — Most probable number 
technique  
11. ISO 21527, 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  
12. EAS 900, Cereal and Pulses — Sampling  
13. ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
(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: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[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) : 5 July 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  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255) 22 245 0298  
 +(255) 22 245 0206  
Fax: +(255) 22 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  G/SPS/N/BDI/97  • G/SPS/N/KEN/272 • G/SPS/N/RWA/90  • G/SPS/N/TZA/346 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/324  
 
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  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  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255) 22 245 0298  
 +(255) 22 245 02 06 
Fax: +(255) 22 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz