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25 November 2019  
(19-8047) 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 22450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Webiste: 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):  Fruits and 
derived products (ICS 67.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1001:2019 Raw cashew kernels―Specification (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements and 
methods of sampling and test for raw cashew kernels derived from raw cashew nut of the 
cashew t ree (Anacardium occidentale, Linnaeus) intended for human consumption  
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:   
• Codex Stan 193, General standard 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  
• ISO 542, Oilseeds — Sampling  
• ISO 665, Oilseeds — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
• ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  G/TBT/N/TZA/343  
 
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  • ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
• ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 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  
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 22450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Webiste: www.tbs.go.tz  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/TZA/19_6678_00_e.pdf  
 