G/TBT/N/TZA/232  
 
5 February 2019  
(19-0646) 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): Fruits and 
derived products (ICS 67.080.10), Non -alcoholic beverages (ICS 67.160.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Fruit drinks - 
Specification (11 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This draft East African Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sa mpling and test for fruit drinks either as ready to drink or dillutables 
containing fruit juice  
This standard does not apply to the following categories of products for which other 
standards apply: fruit juices and nectars; vegetable juices and nectars.  
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:   
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• Codex STAN I93, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
• EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
• EAS 804, Claims on foods - Requirements  
• EAS 805, Use of nutritional and  health claims - Requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/232  
 
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  • EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
• EAS 153, Drinking water - Specification  
• Codex Stan 192, Use of nutrition claims - Requirements  
• 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  
• ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: Colony count techni que in 
products with water activity greater than 0,95  
• ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
• ISO 763, Fruit and vegetable products ─ Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
• ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products ─ Determination of soluble solids ─ 
Refractometric method 2 © EAC 2018 - All rights reserved  
• ISO 2448, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of ethanol content  
• ISO 6636 -2, Fruits,  vegetables and derived products - Determination of zinc 
content - Part 2: Atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic 
content - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
• ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of copper 
content - Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content 
- Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable 
number technique  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2019  
Proposed date of e ntry 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 [  ] 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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