G/TBT/N/BDI/447, G/TBT/N/KEN/1552  
G/TBT/N/RWA/982, G/TBT/N/TZA/1083  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1897  
10 January 2024  
(24-0221) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel. No: +255 22 245 0298/+255 22 245 0206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
Telefax: +255 22 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://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 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  - Other, 
including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal: (HS code(s): 02109); Meat and 
meat products (ICS code(s): 67.120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1188: 
2023, Edible natural casings — Specification, First edition.  
Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (14 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements 
sampling and test methods for edible natural casings fit for human consumption. Edible 
natural casings shall be derived from gazetted food animals in the EAC partner states and 
presented as wet, d ried and/or salted dried.  
This standard does not cover the casing from cellulose and collagens  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancem ent G/TBT/N/BDI/447 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1552 • G/TBT/N/RWA/982 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1083 • 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. CD-ARS 1287, Transportation of meat and meat products — Requirements  
2. EAS 955, Hygienic requirements for the production of packaged meat products  
3. Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additives  
4. CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
5. CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygiene practice for meat  
6. EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods — Specification  
7. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella, Enumera tion by a 
miniaturized most probable number technique  
8. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for 
enumeration of Coagulasepositive staphylococci. (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species), Detection and MPN technique for low n umbers  
9. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeds — Horizontal method for 
detection, enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most probable number 
technique  
10. ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs —Horizontal method 
for the en umeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1, Colony count technique in 
products with water activity greater than 0.95  
11. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony coun t technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
12. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
13. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate 
technique  
14. ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Part 2: Colony count at 30 °C by the surfa ce 
plating technique  
15. EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
16. EAS 35, Fortified food grade salt — Specification  
17. US 1866: 2018, Edible natural casings – Specifications  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined and notified  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/BDI/447 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1552 • G/TBT/N/RWA/982 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1083 • 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Contact person(s):  
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer)  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
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