2.

Agency responsible: Tanzania Bureau of Standards

3.

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): Prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of ducks, geese and guinea fowl of the species domesticus (excl. sausages and similar products, finely homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) (HS code(s): 160239); Poultry and eggs (ICS code(s): 67.120.20), dressed poultry

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

5.

Title of the notified document: DEAS 953: 2024, Dressed poultry — Specification. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 10

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/TZA/25_00378_00_e.pdf

6.

Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, methods of sampling and test for dressed poultry. It applies to birds domesticated for human consumption.

Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.

7.

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.

8.

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:

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:

1.    AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food — Silver diethyldithiocarbamate method

2.    AOAC 971.21, Mercury in Food Flameless Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric method

3.    AOAC 972.25, Lead in Food Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric Method

4.    AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food. Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method

5.    CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling

6.    CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food

7.    CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat

8.    Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additives

9.    EAS 12, Potable water — Specification

10.  EAS 38, Labelling of pre-packaged foods — Specification

11.  EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice

12.  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

13.  ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the detection of Salmonella spp.

14.  ISO 6888-1, Microbiology 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

15.  ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable number technique

16.  ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens — Colony count technique

17.  ISO 10272-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. — Part 1: Detection method

18.  ISO 11290-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 1: Detection method

19.  ISO 17604, Microbiology of the food chain — Carcass sampling for microbiological analysis

20.  OIE Terrestrial Animal Health Code

(available in English)

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined and notified.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

11.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

[X]     Trade facilitating measure

12.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 10 March 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

Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road

P. O. Box 9524

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA

Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298

       +(255 22) 245 0206

Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959

E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz

Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz

13.

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

Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road

P. O. Box 9524

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA

Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298

       +(255 22) 245 0206

Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959

E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz

Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz