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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 [X], 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): 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.

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 953: 2024, Dressed poultry — Specification, (10 page(s), in English)

Note: This Draft East African Standard was also notified under SPS committee

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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.

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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 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

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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)

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

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