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Notifying
Member: BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA,
TANZANIA, UGANDA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Tanzania Bureau of
Standards
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Products
covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable): Cereals (HS code(s):
10); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or
countries:
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Title of
the notified document: DEAS
173:2023, Draft East African Standards for Pasta Products.
Language(s): English.
Number of pages: 18
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/TZA/25_03362_00_e.pdf
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Description
of content: This Draft East African
Standard specifies the requirements sampling and test methods for pasta
products derived from wheat flour (Triticum
Durum, Triticum Aestivum,
Triticum Compactum) or any
other suitable flour intended for human consumption. This standard applies to
the following pasta products such as macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli,
noodles, short-cut pasta, lasagna, fortified pasta and similar products.
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Objective
and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ]
protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from
other damage from pests.
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Is there
a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text):
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health
(OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code,
chapter number):
[ ] International Plant Protection
Convention (e.g. ISPM number):
[X] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international
standard?
[ ]
Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the
international standard:
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Other
relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
1._ CXS 192, General standard for food additives
2._ CXS 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in
food and feed
3._ EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre-packaged foods
4._ EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry —
Code of practice
5._ EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods ISO 6579-1,
Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the
detection of Salmonella spp.
6._ ISO 6888-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for
the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species)
— Part 1: Method using Baird-Parker agar medium
7._ 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 °C using 5- bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl beta-D-glucuronide I
8._
SO 21527-2,
Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — 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
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined and notified.
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
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11.
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [X] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
[X] Trade facilitating
measure
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Final
date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 14 July 2025
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Tanzania
Bureau of Standards
Bahati
Samillani
Clavery
Chausi
National
Enquiry Point Officers for SPS
Dr. Athuman
Ngenya
Director
General - Tanzania Bureau of Standards
P.O. Box
9524
Dar es
Salaam
Tel:
+(255 22) 245 0206
Fax:
+(255 22) 245 0959
E-mail: bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz
clavery.chausi@tbs.go.tz
dg@tbs.go.tz
david.ndbalema@tbs.go.tz
nep@tbs.go.tz
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz
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Text(s) available from: [ ] National
Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and
e-mail address (if available) of other body:
Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Bahati Samillani
Clavery Chausi
National Enquiry Point Officers for SPS
Dr. Athuman Ngenya
Director General - Tanzania Bureau of Standards
P.O. Box 9524
Dar es Salaam
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0206
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959
E-mail: bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz
clavery.chausi@tbs.go.tz
dg@tbs.go.tz
david.ndbalema@tbs.go.tz
nep@tbs.go.tz
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz
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