G/TBT/N/TZA/615  
9 June 2021  
(21-4713) 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  
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):  Fruits, 
vegetables and derived products in general (ICS 67.080.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1062: 
2021 Pumpkin pulp flour — Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East Africa Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for pumpkin pulp flour intended for human consumption or 
for other use in the food industry.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
Codex Stan 192, General Standard for food additives  
AOAC 999.10, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper and Iron in foods Atomic 
absorption spectrometry after microwave digestion  
EAS 38, Labelling for pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of p ractice ISO 
4833-2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms — Part 2: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the surface plating 
technique  
ISO 6579: Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for t he detection 
of salmonella spp  
ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enum eration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -count 
technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
ISO 16050: Foodstuffs – Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products – High-performance 
liquid chromatographic method  G/TBT/N/TZA/615  
 
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  ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1: Colony count technique in pr oducts 
with water activity greater than 0.95  
ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  August 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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:   
Contact person(s):  
Ms. Bahati Samillani  (NEP officer) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
 
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
 
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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