DEAS 87: 2018  
ICS 67.100.10  
HS 0402.10.00(skimmed)  
HS 0402.99.90  
 
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 DRAFT EAST AFRICAN STANDARD  
Sweetened condensed milk — Specification  
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY  DEAS 87: 2018  
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 Foreword  
Development of the East African Standards has been nece ssitated by the need for harmonizing requirements 
governing quality of products and services in the East African Community. It is envisaged that through 
harmonized standardization, trade barriers that are encountered when goods and services are exchanged 
within the Community will be removed.  
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issue East African Standards  (EAS) . The Committee is composed of representatives of the National 
Standards Bodies in Part ner States, together with the representatives from the public and private sector 
organizations  in the community . 
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African Standards are therefore expected to e nsure that they always have the latest versions of the standards 
they are implementing .  
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 Sweetened c ondensed milk — Specification  
1 Scope  
This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for sweetened 
condensed milks, intended for direct co nsumption or further processing.  
2 Normative references  
The following documents ar e referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes 
requirements of this document.  For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, 
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.  
AOAC 986.15, Official method for  Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Selenium and Zinc in human and pet foods  
AOAC 999.10 , Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods Atomic absorption 
Spectrophotometry after microwave Diges tion 
CAC/RCP 1 , General principle s for food hygiene  
CAC/RCP 57 , Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
EAS 12 , Potable water — Specification  
EAS 5, Refined white sugar — Specification  
EAS 49, Milk powders and cream powder — Specification  
EAS 69, Pasteurized milk — Specification  
ISO 707 , Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
ISO 1737 , Evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk  — Determination of fat content  — Gravimetric 
method  (Reference method)  
ISO 4832 , Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
coliforms  — Colony count technique  
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 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, enumeration and 
serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
ISO 6611 , Milk and milk pro ducts — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts and/or moulds — Colony -
count technique at 25 degrees C   
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 ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk — Determination of total solids content (Reference method)  
ISO 6734, Sweetened condensed milk Determinati on of total solids content (Reference method)  
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 
techn ique for low numbers  
ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of copper, iron and nickel contents — Graphite 
furnace atomic absorption method  
ISO 8968 -1, Milk and milk products — Determination of nitrogen content — Part 1: Kjedahl princ iple and crude 
protein  
ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Part 1: Most probable 
number technique using 4 -methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-glucuronide (MUG)  
ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatox in M1 content — Clean -up by immunoaffinity 
chromatography and determination by high -performance liquid chromatography  
3 Terms and definitions  
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.  
3.1 
sweetened condensed milk  
milk pr oducts which can be obtained by the partial removal of water from milk with the addition of sugar, or by 
any other process which leads to a product of the same composition and characteristics  
3.2 
milk retentate  
product obtained by concentrating milk protei n by ultrafiltration of milk, partly skimmed milk, or skimmed milk;  
3.3 
milk permeate  
product obtained by removing milk proteins and milk  fat from milk, partly skimmed milk, or skimmed milk by 
ultrafiltration  
4 Requirements  
4.1 Raw materials  
In manufacturi ng sweetened condensed milk the following raw materials shall be used:  
a) milk and milk products complying with EAS 49 powdered milk and EAS 69 for pasteurized  milk; 
b) milk, cream and cream powder, milk powder, milk fat products , when used , comply ing with speci fic 
East African Standard”.  
c) water shall comply with EAS 12 ; 
d) sugar shall comply with EAS 5; and  
e) sodium chloride .  
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 4.2 Ingredients  
The following milk products are allowed for protein adjustment purposes:  
a) milk retentate ; 
b) milk permeate ; and  
c) lactose . 
4.3 General  requirements  
Sweetened condensed milks shall:  
a) be clean and obtained from a healthy cow;  
b) have normal organoleptic characteristics; and  
c) have a smooth uniform texture . 
4.4. Specific requirements  
Sweetened condensed milks  shall comply with specific requiremen ts given in Table 1 when tested in 
accordance with test methods specified therein.  
Table 1 — Specific requirements for sweetened condensed milks  
S/N Characteristics  Requirement  Test m ethod  
Sweetened 
condensed 
milk Sweetened 
condensed 
skimmed 
milk Sweete ned 
condensed 
partly 
skimmed 
milk Sweetened 
condensed 
high -fat 
milk 
i.  Milkfat , %, m/m 8(min.)  1(min.)  1 - 8 16(min.)  ISO 1737  
ii.  Milk solids*,%, m/m, min.  28 24 24 - ISO 6734  
iii.  Milk protein in milk solids -not-fat*,%, 
m/m, min.  34 34 34 34 ISO 8968 -1 
iv.  Milk Solids -Not-Fat*, min.  - - 20 14 ISO 6731  
* The milk solids and milk solids -not-fat content include water of crystallization of the lactose.  
 
4.5 Microbiological limits  
Sweetened condensed milk shall comply with microbiological limits  given in Table 2 wh en tested in 
accordance with test methods specified therein.  
 
 
  
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 Table 2 — Microbiological limits for sweetened condensed milks  
Characteristic  Maximum limits  Test method  
Total plate count , CFU/g  103 ISO 4833 -1 
Total Coliform , CFU/g  10 ISO 4832  
E. coli , CFU/g  Absent  ISO 11866 -1 
Staphylococc us aureus , g Absent  ISO 6888 -3 
Yeasts and moulds , CFU/g  10 ISO 6611  
Salmonella  spp, per 25g  Absent  ISO 6579 -1 
 
5 Contaminants  
5.1 Pesticide residues  
Sweetened condensed milk shall conform to maximum limits residues s et by Codex Alimentarius Commission.  
5.2 Veterinary drugs residues  
Sweetened condensed  milk shall conform to maximum tolerable residue limits for antibiotics  and other 
veterinary drugs set by Codex Alimentarius Commission.  
5.3 Heavy metals  
Sweetened conden sed milk shall comply with maximum limits given in Table 3 when tested in accordance 
with test methods specified therein.  
Table 3 — Maximum limits of heavy metals in sweetened condensed milks  
S/N Heavy metals  Limits  
mg/kg  Test method  
i.  Iron (Fe)  0.2 
ISO 82 94 
ii.  Copper (Cu)  0.05 
iii.  Lead (Pb)  0.02 
AOAC 999.10  
iv.  Cadmium (Cd)  0.02 
v.  Arsenic (As)  0.1 AOAC 986.15  
 
5.4 Mycotoxin  
The level of Aflatoxin M1 shall not exceed 0.50 µg/l in accordance with ISO 14501.  
6 Hygiene  
Sweetened condensed milk shall be produced and handled in accordance with CAC/RCP 57 and CAC/RCP 1.   
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 7 Food additives  
Food additives may be used a nd shall comply with  CODEX STAN 192.  
8 labelling  
The containers shall be labelled in compliance with the requirements of EAS 38  and EAS 803 . In addition, the 
following particulars shall be legibly and indelibly labelled on the container:  
a) name of the product as  “Sweetened condensed milk”;  
b) net content in  SI units ; 
c) name and physical address of manufacturer;  
d) batch or code number;  
e) nutritional information ; 
f) the da te of manufacture and expiry date;  
g) instruction for storage and use; and  
h) country of origin.  
9 Sampling  
Sampling of sweetened condensed milk shall be done in accordance with ISO 707.  
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