G/TBT/N/TZA/168  
 
23 May 2018  
(18-3040) 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  
Milk and processed milk products (ICS 67.100.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 49: 2018 
Milk powders and cream powder — Specification (6 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampl ing and test methods for milk powders and cream powder intended for direct 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, Gener al principles 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 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/168  
 
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   EAS 67, Raw cow milk — Specification  
EAS 69, Pasteurized milk — Specification  
EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
ISO 1736, Dried milk and dried milk products — Determination of fat content — 
Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuf fs — 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 553 7, Dried milk — Determination of moisture content (Reference method)  
ISO 6091, Dried milk — Determination of titratable acidity (Reference method)  
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 products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts and/or 
moulds — Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
ISO 8156, Dried milk and dried milk products — Determination of ins olubility index  
ISO 8968 -1, Milk and milk products — Determination of nitrogen content — Part 1: 
Kjeldahl principle and crude protein calculation  
ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — Clean -up by 
immunoaffinity chromatog raphy and determination by high -performance liquid 
chromatography  
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)  
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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