G/TBT/N/BDI/388, G/TBT/N/KEN/1468  
G/TBT/N/RWA/900, G/TBT/N/TZA/1002  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1807  
7 July 2023  
(23-4620) 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:  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 (TBS)  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  
Tel: +255 222450206,  
E- mail: 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 [  ], 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):  Other 
vegetables, fresh or chilled (excl. potatoes, tomatoes, alliaceous vegetables, edible 
brassic as, lettuce "Lactuca sativa" and chicory "Cichorium spp.", carrots, turnips, salad 
beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, cucumbers and gherkins, and 
leguminous vegatables) (HS code(s): 0709); Vegetables and derived products (ICS 
code(s): 67.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 66 -2: 
2023, Tomato products — Specification — Part 2: Tomato sauce and ketchup, First 
Edition; (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East  Africa standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for tomato sauce and ketchup /catsup/catchup 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; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/BDI/388 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1468 • G/TBT/N/RWA/900 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1002 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1 807 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 971.27, Sodium chloride in canned vegetables. Method I  
CODEX STAN 192, General standard for foo d additives  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
ISO 750, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of titratable acidity  
ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of pH  
ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products -— Determination of soluble solids — 
Refractometric method  
ISO 4833 (All parts), Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal methods for the 
enumeration of microorganisms  
ISO 6579 -1, Mic robiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — 
Flameless atomic absorptio n spectrometric method  
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 bet a-D-glucuronide  
ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feedingstuffs — Horizontal methods for the 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds  
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  
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