G/TBT/N/TZA/216  
 
23 October 2018  
(18-6638) 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): Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 799: 2018 
Edible full fat soya flour - Specification (4 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test m ethods for edible full fat soya flour obtained from soya bean (Glycine 
max (L.) Merr) intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Protection of huma n health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 965.22, Sorting corn grits - Sieving method  
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standards for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
• EAS 762, Dry soybeans - Specification  
• EAS 900, Cereals and Pulses - Sampling  G/TBT/N/TZA/216  
 
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  • EAS 901, Cereals and Pulses - Test Methods  
• ISO 7305, Milled cereal products - Determination of fat acidity  
• ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs - 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
• ISO 14902, Animal feeding stuffs - Determin ation of trypsin inhibitor activity of 
soya products  
• ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feedstuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to  0.95 
• 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 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - 
General method  
• ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs -- Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
• ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain -- Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella -- Part 1: Detection of Salmonell a spp.  
• ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli -- Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuronid e 
• Tanzania Government Gazette   
9. Proposed date of adoption: December 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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