G/TBT/N/TZA/353  
2 December 2019  
(19-8237) 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):  Cheese 
(ICS 67.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1011: 
2019 Cheese — Specification — Cheddar cheese (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cheddar cheese intended for direct consumption or for 
further processing.  
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:   
• AOAC 999.10, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in 
foods, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Microwave Digestion  
• CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• CODEX STAN 2 83, General standard for cheese  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• ISO 1854, Whey cheese — Determination of fat content — Gravimetric method 
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  • ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 cont ent — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
• ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of betaglucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — 
Part 2: Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5bromo -4-chloro -3-
indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
• ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
• ISO 5538, Milk and mi lk products — Sampling — Inspection by attributes  
• ISO 8197, Milk and milk products — Sampling inspection by variables  
• ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2020  
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  
http://www.tbs.go.tz/images/uploads/DEAS_1011_2019_Cheddar_cheese --.pdf 
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