G/TBT/N/TZA/170  
 
23 May 2018  
(18-3042) 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 915: 2018 
Ghee — Specification (5 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test for ghe e intended for human consumption.  
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 for food hygiene  
CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk a nd milk products  
EAS 22, Butter — Specification  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  
EAS 67, Raw cow milk — Specification  G/TBT/N/TZA/170  
 
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   EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
ISO 663, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of insoluble impurities 
content  
ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
ISO 1740, Milkfat products and butter — Determination of fat acidity (reference method)  
ISO 3727 -1, Butter — Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents — Part 1: 
Determination of moisture content (Reference method)  
ISO 3727 -3, Butter — Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents — Part 2: 
Determination of non -fat solids content (Reference method)  
ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide value — 
Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
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 6320,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of refractive index  
ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of melting point in open 
capillary tubes (slip point)  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for th e detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts and/or 
moulds — Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
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 technique for low numbers  
ISO 8294, Animal and vege table oils — Determination of copper, iron, nickel content 
graphite furnace atomic absorption method  
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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