G/TBT/N/TZA/239  
 
22 February 2019  
(19-1033) 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): Meat and 
meat products (ICS 67.120.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: 
DEAS  953:2019Dressed poultry - Specification (7 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, methods 
of sampling and test for dr essed poultry. It applies to birds domesticated 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:   
EAS 38; Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additives  
CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinar y drugs in food  
CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for Meat1  
EAS 12, Potable water - Specification  
EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/239  
 
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  EAS 805, Use of nutritional and health claims - Requirement  
EAS 804,  Claims on foods - Requirements  
Codex Stan 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed 
ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp.  
ISO 17294 -2, Water quality - Application of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry 
(ICP-MS) - Part 2: Determination of selected elements including uranium isotopes  
ISO 4833, Microbiology of foods and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 2: Colony count technique at 30 °C  
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 5961, Water quality - Determination of cadmium by atomic absorption spectrometry  
ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
ISO 10272 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for detec tion and 
enumeration of Campylobacter spp. - Part 1: Detection method  
ISO 17604, Microbiology of the food chain - Carcass sampling for microbiological analysis  
ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless at omic absorption spectrometric method  
ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of mercury content - 
Flameless atomic absorption method  
ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeratio n of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive  Escherichia coli - Most probable number 
technique  
ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of Clostridium perfringens - Colony count technique  
OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code   
9. Proposed date of adoption: July 2019  
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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