G/TBT/N/TZA/351  
2 December 2019  
(19-8231) 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 1009: 
2019 Cheese — Specification — Gouda cheese (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for Gouda cheese intended for direct consumption or for 
furthe r 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 193, General standard for contaminants in food and feed  
• CODEX STAN 283, General standard for cheese  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/351  
 
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  • ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by  immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
• ISO 1735, Cheese and processed cheese products — Determination of fat 
content — Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
• ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feedi ng stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
• ISO 5534, Cheese and processed cheese — Determination of the total solids 
content (Reference)  
• ISO 5538, Milk and milk products — Sampling — Inspection by attributes  
• ISO 5738, Milk and milk products — Determination of copper content — 
Photometric method (reference method)  
• ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of 
yeasts and/or moulds —Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C  
• ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Methods of sampling  
• ISO 8197, Milk and milk products — Sampling — Inspection by variables  
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_1009_2019_Gouda_cheese --.pdf 
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