G/TBT/N/TZA/169  
 
23 May 2018  
(18-3041) 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 87: 2018 
Sweetened condensed milk — Specification (5 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling a nd test methods for sweetened condensed milks, intended for direct 
consumption or 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, General principles fo r food hygiene  
CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  G/TBT/N/TZA/169  
 
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   EAS 5, Refined white sugar — Specification  
EAS 49, Milk powders and cream powder — Specification  
EAS 69, Pasteurized milk — Specification  
ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
ISO 1737, Evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk — Determination of fat content 
— Gravimetric method (R eference method)  
ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — 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 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 produc ts — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts and/or 
moulds — Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk — Determination of total solids content 
(Reference method)  
ISO 6734, Sweetened condensed milk Determination of total solids content (Reference 
method)  
ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN techniqu e for low numbers  
ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of copper, iron and nickel 
contents — Graphite furnace atomic absorption method  
ISO 8968 -1, Milk and milk products — Determination of nitrogen content — Part 1: Kjedahl 
principl e and crude protein  
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)  
ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — Clean -up by 
immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -performance liquid 
chromatography  
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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