G/TBT/N/TZA/217  
 
23 October 2018  
(18-6639) 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): Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 782:2018 
Composite flour - Specification (6 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for compo site flour intended for human consumption.  
This standard does not apply where there are specific standards for blends or composites 
exist.  
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:   
• EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
• EAS 744, Cassava  and cassava products - Determination of total cyanogens ─ 
Enzymatic assay method  
• EAS 900, Cereals and Pulses - Sampling  
• EAS 901, Cereals and Pulses - Test Methods  
• Codex Stan 192, General Standard of Food Additive  G/TBT/N/TZA/ 217 
 
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  • CODEX STAN 193, Codex General Standard for  Contaminants and Toxins in Food 
and Feed  
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate.  
• 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  
• AOAS Ba9 -58, Determination of Urease Activity  
• ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - 
General method  
• ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
• ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products -- Determination of cadmium 
content -- Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain -- Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmon ella -- Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
• ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables and derived products -- Determination of lead content 
-- Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• ISO 7305, Milled cereal products -- Determination of fat acidity  
• ISO 9648, So rghum -- Determination of tannin content  
• ISO 14902, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of trypsin inhibitor activity of 
soya products  
• ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of betaglucuronid ase- positive Escherichia coli -- Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4- 
• chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
• ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
• ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products -- Determination of cadmium 
content -- Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry   
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 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 enq uiry 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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