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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:

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Frozen cold-water shrimps and prawns "Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon", even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (HS code(s): 030616); Frozen shrimps and prawns, even smoked, whether in shell or not, incl. shrimps and prawns in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water (excl. cold-water shrimps and prawns) (HS code(s): 030617); Fish and fishery products (ICS code(s): 67.120.30)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 875: 2022, Quick frozen prawns or shrimps — Specification, Second Edition.

Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (13 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for quick frozen prawns and shrimps.

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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 enhancement

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Relevant documents:

1.    AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food ― Silver diethyldibocarbamate method

2.    AOAC 972.23, Lead in fish ― Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method

3.    AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food ― Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method

4.    AOAC 983.20, Mercury (methyl) in fish and shellfish ― Gas chromatographic method

5.    CXG 50, General guideline on sampling

6.    CXC 52, Code of practice for fish and fishery products

7.    CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives

8.    EAS 12, Drinking (potable water) — Specification

9.    EAS 38, Labelling of pre-packaged foods — Requirements

10.  EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry ― Code of practice

11.  EAS 874, Processing and handling of prawns or shrimps ― Code of practice

12.  ISO 4833-1, Microbiology of 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 (all parts), 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 16649-3, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of beta-glucuronidase positive Escherichia coli — Part 3: Detection and most probable number technique using 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-ß-D-glucuronide

16.  ISO/TS 21872 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp.

17.  KS 1285:2012, Specifications for fresh frozen prawns/shrimps

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined and notified

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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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) and Mr. Clavery Chausi

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

Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz

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