G/TBT/N/TZA/167  
 
23 May 2018  
(18-3039) 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: 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 [  ], 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): Food 
technology  
Butter (ICS 67.100.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 22: 2018 
Butter — Specification (4 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for butter intende d for human 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:   
Tanzania Government Gazette  
AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods Atomic 
absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General principle for food hygiene  
CAC/RCP 57, Code of h ygienic practice for milk and milk products  
CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
EAS 35, Fortified food grade Salt — Specification  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  
EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requireme nts G/TBT/N/TZA/167  
 
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   ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and acidity  
ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
ISO 1740, Milkfat products and butter — Determination of fat acidity (Reference method)  
ISO 2446, Milk — Determination of fat content  
ISO 3727 -1, Butter — Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents — Part 1: 
Determination of moisture content (Reference method)  
ISO 3727 -2, Butter — Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents — Part 2: 
Determination of non -fat solids content (Reference method)  
ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
ISO 5764, Milk — determ ination of freezing point — Thermistor cryoscope method 
(Reference method)  
ISO 6320, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of refractive index  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and se rotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts and/or 
moulds — Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
ISO 7238, Butter — Determination of pH of the serum — Potentiometric method  
ISO 8968 -4, Milk and milk products — Determination of nitrogen content — Part 4: 
Determination of protein and non -protein nitrogen content and true protein content 
calculation (Reference method)  
ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of presumptive Esch erichia coli — 
Part 1: Most probable number technique using 4 -methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-glucuronide 
(MUG)  
ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — Clean -up by 
immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -performa nce liquid 
chromatography  
ISO 3727 -3, Butter — Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents — Part 3: 
Calculation of fat content  
ISO 3961, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of iodine value  
ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and a nimal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms — Colony count technique  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2018  
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: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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