G/TBT/N/TZA/238  
 
22 February 2019  
(19-1032) 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): Meat and 
meat products (ICS 67.120.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 84 -1: 2019 
Meat grades and meat cuts - Specification - Part 1: Beef grades and cuts (7 page(s), in 
English)    
6. Description of content: This part of this Draft East African Standard sp ecifies methods of 
grading and grades of beef including veal, quality and safety requirements, methods of 
sampling and test, of carcasses thereof, meant for human consumption. The standard also 
defines major portions of meat cuts from the carcasses for sal e. 
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:   
CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 ˚C by the pour plate technique  
ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the  food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms -Part 2: Colony count at 30 ˚C by the surface plating technique  
ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the G/TBT/N/TZA/238  
 
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  enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli - Part 2: Colony -count 
technique at 44 ˚C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
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 Baird -Parker agar medium  
ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of Clostridium perfringens - Colony -count technique  
ISO 6888 -1, Mic robiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal f eeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of Clostridium perfringens - Colony -count technique  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salm onella spp.  
ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. - Part 1: Detection method  
ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. -Part 1: Detection method  
ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
ISO 5961, Water quality - Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption spectrometry  
ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of mercury content - 
Flameless atomic absorption method   
9. Proposed date of adoption: July 2019  
Proposed date of entry into for ce: 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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