G/TBT/N/TZA/422  
6 April 2020  
(20-2722) 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:  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: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email an d 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 docum ent: DEAS 1024: 
2019 Fortified composite flour — Specification (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for fortified composite flour intended for human consumpti on. 
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:   
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
• AOAC 953.17, Thiamine (vitamin B1) in grain products. Fluor  
• AOAC 970.65, Riboflavin(Vitamin B2) in Foods and Vitamin Pr  
• AOAC 975.41, Niacin and Niacinamide in Cereal Products  
• AOAC 961.15, Method modification for liquid chromatographi c determination of 
thiamine, riboflavin, and pyridoxine in medical foods.  
• AOAC 2004.05, Total Folates in Cereal  
• AOAC 2001.13, Determination of Vitamins A (Retinol) and E (alpha -Tocopherol) in 
Foods by Liquid Chromatography: Collaborative Study  G/TBT/N/TZA/422  
 
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  • CODEX STAN 1 92, General standard for food additives  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
• EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products — Determination of total cyanogens — 
Enzymatic assay method  
• EAS 782, Composite flour —Specification  
• EAS 900, Cereals and pulses — Sampling  
• EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
• EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
• EAS 804, Claims on foods — Requirements  
• EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims — Requirements  
• 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-
glucuronide  
• 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 5506, Soya bean products — Determination of urease activity  
• ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
• ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 1: Method u sing graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• 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 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content 
— Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• ISO 6888 -1, Micro biology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• ISO 7305, Milled cereal products — Determinat ion of fat acidity  
• ISO 9648, Sorghum — Determination of tannin content  
• ISO 20634, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin B12 by 
reversed phase high  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2020  
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  G/TBT/N/TZA/422  
 
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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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel:+255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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