G/TBT/N/TZA/163  
 
23 May 2018  
(18-3035) 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 27: 2018 
UHT milk — Specification (9 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for UHT milk.  
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 and milk products  
EAS 38,  Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  
EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
ISO 2446, Milk — Determination of fat content  G/TBT/N/TZA/163  
 
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   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 5764, Milk — determination of freezing point — Thermistor cryoscope method 
(Reference method)  
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 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated 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 aure us and other 
species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
ISO 8968 -4, Milk and milk products — Determination of nitrogen content — Part 4: 
Determination of protein and non -protein nitrogen content and true protein content 
calculation (Ref erence method)  
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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