DEAS 947:2018  
ICS 67.080.20  
 
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 DRAFT EAST AFRICAN STANDARD  
Jams, jellies and marmalades — Specification  
EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY   DEAS 947:2018  
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 Contents  Page 
Foreword  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................  iv 
1 Scope  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................  1 
2 Conformance  ................................ ................................ ............................. Error! Bookmark not defined.  
3 Normative references  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................  1 
4 Terms and definitions  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........................  2 
5 Symbol s (and abbreviated terms)  ................................ ................................ ................................ ........  2 
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  DEAS 947:2018  
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 Foreword  
Development of the E ast African Standards has been necessitated by the need for harmonizing requirements 
governing quality of products and services in the East African Community. It is envisaged that through 
harmonized standardization, trade barriers that are encountered when  goods and services are exchanged 
within the Community will be removed.  
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 Jams, jellies and marmalades  — Specification  
1 Scope   
This Draft E ast Africa Standard specifies  requirements , methods of sampling and test of jams, jellies and 
marmalades  intended for direct human consumption  
2 Normative references   
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of the ir content constitutes 
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, 
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.  
EAS 38, General standard for labelling  of pre-packaged foods   
EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food a nd drink manufacturing industry  
ISO 6636 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of zinc content — Part 2: Atomic 
absorption spectrometric method  
ISO 6634, Fruits, veg etables and derived products — Determination of arsenic content — Silver 
diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method   
ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of copper content — Method using flame 
atomic absorption spectromet ry 
ISO 6633 , Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — Flameless atomic 
absorption spectrometric method  
ISO 2447, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of tin  
Codex stan 192 General standard for food additives  
ISO 217 3, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of soluble solids  — Refractometric method  
Codex 296 , Codex standard for jams, jellies and marmalades  
ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumerat ion of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable number technique   
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3 Terms and definitions   
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.  
3.1 
fruit 
Means all of the recognized fruits and those vegetables recognized as su itable for making jams, including but 
not limited to citrus mango, pineapple, pawpaw and berries.  
 
3.2 
 fruit pulp   
means the edible portions of the fruit, mashed, or cut into pieces, but not reduced to a puree  
3.3 
fruit puree  
means fruit ingredient thinly  divided by sieving, screening or other mechanical means.  
 
3.4 
jam 
the product prepared from suitable fruit ingredient:  
 
a) which may be whole fruit, fruit pulp, or fruit puree;  
b) with or without fruit juice or concentrated fruit juice as optional ingred ient(s) :   
c) mixed with sugar, with or without water; and  
d) Processed to a suitable consistency.  
 
3.5 
jelly 
the product prepared from suitable fruit ingredients, which is practically free from suspended fruit particles and 
mixed with carbohydrate sweete ner, with or without water, and processed to a semi solid consistency.  
 
3.6 
marmalade  
the product obtained by processing citrus fruit, fruit pulp or puree, to a suitable consistency by the application 
of heat, with water and a carbohydrate sweetener. It ma y contain added pectin and permitted acids together 
with other minor ingredients.  
3.7 
soluble solids  
means per cent by mass of solids determined as concentration of sucrose in an aqueous solution which has 
the same refractive index as the product analyzed , under specified conditions of preparations and temperature 
(See clause 4.2.5)  
 
3.8 
prepared fruit ingredients  
sound, wholesome, clean fruits of proper ripeness, not deprived of any of its main constituents, except that it 
is trimmed, sorted and treated t o remove objectionable bruises, stems, toppings, tailing, cores, p its (tones), 
and may not be peeled.   
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 3.9 
prepared citrus fruits  
means the product:  
a) Prepared from fruit which is fresh, processed or preserved other than by drying, and  
b) Prepared from su bstantially sound, clean citrus fruit from which stems, calyxes, and seeds have been 
removed and includes pulps, juices, concentrated juice, extractives and preserved peels; and  
c) Containing all natural soluble solids ( extractives ) except for those lost d uring preparation under good 
manufacturing practices.  
 
3.10 
 extraneous vegetable material  
vegetable material common to the specific fruit, such as leaves, fruit cores  and stems .  
3.11 
pit or stone  
whole pit or stone in fruits, such as cherries, that are n ormally pitted, or a pi ece of pit of approximately one half 
pit 
 
3.12 
pit fragments  
vegetable material common to the specific fruit, such as leaves, fruit cores  and  stems .  
3.13 
damaged  
piece of fruit that is blemished, discoloured or bruised by pathologi cal or other means to the extent that is 
materially affected  
 
3.14 
Syneresis  
liquid ooz ing out  of foods such as jams and jellies.  
3.15 
food grade material  
materials that will safeguard the hygienic, safety, nutritional, technological, and organoleptic qual ities of the 
product.  
 
4 Requirements  
4.1 General requirement  
4.1.1 Ingredient s  
a) Fruit , fruit pulp, fruit puree fruit juices and concentrates as defined in clause 3   
b) Nutritive Sweetening agents;   
 
c) Water may be used  
 
4.1.2 Jams, Jellies and Marmal ade shall;  
a) be prepared from fruit which is either fresh, frozen canned, concentrated or otherwise, processed or 
preserved;  Marmalades shall be prepared from citrus fruit which is fresh, processed, or preserved 
other than by drying . 
b) be prepared from fruit which is substantially sound, wholesome, of   suitable ripeness and clean, not 
deprived of any of its main constituents, except that it is trimmed, sorted and otherwise treated to  
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 remove objectionabl e bruises, stems, toppings  tailing, cores, pits stone fru its) and may or may not be 
peeled; and  
c) have the essential physical, chemical, nutritional characteristics , colour, aroma and flavour of the same 
kind of fruits from which it is made.  
d) free from extraneous vegetable material  common to the specific fruit, suc h as leaves, fruit cores and 
stems. of over 10 mm in length, and sepal tracts aggregating an  area of 5 mm2 or longer.  
e) contain all natural soluble solids (extractives) except for those lost during preparation under good 
manufacturing practices (jellies and marmalades)  
f) be prepared by removal of all, or practically all, of the insoluble solids and may be concentrated by the 
removal of water(jellies)  
g) be free from syneresis  (jams and jellies)   
h) have uniform appearance, consistency and characteristic of the produ ct and remain as such when 
stored under normal storage conditions.  
 
4.2 Specific requirement  
Jams, jellies and marmalades shall conform to the compositional requirement in Table 1.  
Table 1 — Compositional requirement of Jams, jellies and marmalades  
S/N Characteristics  Requirement  Test method  
1 Fruit content , Min (%)  
Jams and jellies (single fruit)  
Jams and Jellies (Two fuits)  
Jams and jellies (Three fruits)  
Marmalades   
45 
20 in each fruit  
10 in each fruit  
20  
 
GMP  
2 Total soluble solids  (jams, jellies an d 
marmalades), Min (%)  65 ISO 2173  
 
5 Food additives and processing aids  
Jams, jellies and marmalades may contain only permitted additives in accordance with Codex Stan 192.  
   
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 6 Contaminants  
6.1 Pesticide residues   
Jams, jellies and marmalades shall conform to the pestic ide residue limits established in  the Codex online 
database for pesticide residues in food  for this product.  
6.2 Metal contaminants    
Jams, jellies and marmalades shall not contain any metal contaminants in excess of the  quantities speci fied in 
Table 2 . 
Table 2─ Limit for metal contaminants in jams, jellies and marmalades  
Class  Maximum (mg/kg)  Method of test  
Arsenic (as As )  0.5 ISO 6634  
Tin (as Sn)  250 ISO 2447  
Copper (as Cu)  10 ISO 7952  
zinc  (as Zn)  50 ISO 6636 -2 
Lead (as Pb)  1  ISO 6633  
7. Hygiene  
7.1 Jams, jellies and marmalades shall be manufacture in accordance with the requirements and Good 
Hygienic Practices prescribed in EAS 39 (see clause 2).  
7.2 Microbiological limits . 
The product shall conform to the microbiological limits stated in Table 3 
Table 3  ─ Microbiological limits  
Microorganism  Limit  Method of test  
Total plate count, (cfu/g), maximum  102 ISO 4833  
Coliform,  (cfu/g), maximum  Absent  ISO 4832   
Yeasts and moulds, (cfu/g), maximum  Absent  ISO 21527 -1 
Salmonella sp , cfu/ g  Absent  ISO 6579  
E. coli cfu/mL  Absent  ISO 7251  
 
8 Packaging  
8.1 Jams, jellies and marmalades  shall be packaged in food grade containers  
8.2 The volume and filling of the container shall comply with weight and measures regulations in the 
respective partner state  
  
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 9 Labelli ng 
In addition to the requirements of EAS 38,  803,804 and 805  the following specific labelling requirements shall 
apply and shall be legibly and indelibly marked;   
a) Name of product which shall reflect the true name of the fruit , used in the manufacture o f the jam , jellies 
and marmalade . When two or more different fruits are used in combination the product shall be labelled as 
“mixed fruit jam, jellies or marmalades. ”   
b) Name, physical and postal address of manufacturer  
c) Country of origin  
d)  Date of m anufacture and expiry date  
e) List of ingredients  
f) Net content  in metric units  
g) Storage condition  
h) Batch number /Lot number . 
i) Trade mark,  if any  
10 Methods of sampling  
Sampling shall be in accordance with Annex C  and test shall be done in accordan ce with methods specified in 
the relevant Tables and annexes of this Standard  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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Annex B  
TEMPERATURE CORRECTION FOR STANDARD MODEL OF SUGAR 
REFRACTOMETER CALIBRATED FOR 200C 
 
 
 
 
 
Tempe rapture  
 
°C  
Percentage of dry substance  
 
 
5      10       15      20     25       30       35      40       45       50       55       60     65       70 
 
 
Substract from dry substance  
 
 
15  
.29  
.31  
.33  
.34  
.34  
.35  
.36  
.37  
.37  
.38  
.39  
.39  
.40  
.40 
 
 
16  
.24  
.25  
.26  
.27  
.28  
.28  
.29  
.30  
.30  
.30  
.31  
.31  
.32  
.32 
 
17 
  
.18  
.19  
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.21  
.21  
.21  
.22  
.22  
.23  
.23  
.23  
.23  
.23  
.23 
 
18  
.13  
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.14  
.14  
.14  
.15  
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.15  
.16  
.16  
.16  
.16  
.16 
 
 
19  
.06  
.06  
.07  
.07  
.07  
.08  
.08  
.08  
.08  
.08  
.08  
.08  
.08  
.08 
 
 
21  
.07  
.07  
.07  
.07  
.07  
.08  
.08  
.08  
.08  
.08  
.08  
.08  
.08  
.08 
 
 
22  
.13  
.14  
.14  
.15  
.15  
.15  
.15  
.15  
.16  
.16  
.16  
.16  
.16  
.16 
 
 
23  
.20  
.21  
.22  
.22  
.23  
.23  
.23  
.23  
.24  
.24  
.24  
.24  
.24  
.24 
 
 
24  
.27  
.28  
.29  
.30  
.31  
.31  
.31  
.31  
.31  
.32  
.32  
.32  
.32  
.32 
 
 
25  
.35  
.36  
.37  
.38  
.38  
.39  
.40  
.40  
.40  
.40  
.40  
.40  
.40  
.40 
 
 
26  
.42  
.43  
.44  
.45  
.46  
.47  
.48  
.48  
.48  
.48  
.48  
.48  
.48  
.48 
 
 
27  
.50  
.52  
.53  
.54  
.55  
.55  
.56  
.56  
.56  
.56  
.56  
.56  
.56  
.56 
 
 
28  
.57  
.60  
.61  
.63  
.63  
.64  
.64  
.64  
.64  
.64  
.64  
.64  
.64  
.64 
 
 
29  
.66  
.68  
.68  
.71  
.72  
.73  
.73  
.73  
.73  
.73  
.73  
.73  
.73  
.73 
 
 
30  
.74  
.77  
.78  
.79  
.80  
.80  
.81  
.81  
.81  
.81  
.81  
.81  
.81  
.81 
  
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 Annex C  
(normative)  
 
Sampling  
C.1  Definitions  
C.1.1  
lot 
collection of primary containers or units of the same size, type, and style manufactured or packed under 
similar conditions and handled as a single unit of trade  
C.1.2  
lot size  
number of primary conta iners or units in the lot  
C.1.3  
sample size  
total number of sample units drawn for examination from a lot  
C.1.4  
sample unit  
container, a portion of the contents of a container, or a composite mixture of product from small containers 
that is sufficient for the examination or testing as a single unit. For fill of container, the sample unit shall be the 
entire contents of the container   
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 C.2 Sampling plans  
Lot size (primary containers)  Size of container,  
n 1 
Net weight equal to or less than 1 kg (2.2 lb)  
4 800 or less  13 
4 801 to 24 000  21 
24 001 to 48 000  29 
48 001 to 84 000  48 
84 001 to 144 000  84 
144 001 to 240 000  126 
Over 240 000  200 
Net weight greater than 1 kg (2.2 lb) but not more than 4.5 kg (10 lb)  
2 400 or less  13 
2 401 to 15 000  21 
15 001 to 24 000  29 
24 001 to 42 000  48 
42 001 to 72, 000  84 
72 001 to 120 000  126 
Over 120 000  200 
Net weight greater than 4.5 kg (10 lb)  
600 or less  13 
601 to 2 000  21 
2 001 to 7 200  29 
7 201 to 15 000  48 
15 001 to 24 000  84 
24 001 to 42 000  126 
Over 42 000  200 
1 n = number of primary containers in sample.   
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