WTO notification · SPS
Burundi,Kenya,Rwanda,Tanzania,UgandaAdopted, according to its latest notice
Official title
DEAS 44: 2025, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification, Sixth Edition
Burundi issued an addendum on 11 November 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/BDI/139. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 23 June 2025. The comment period closed on 22 August 2025.
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Maize 'corn' flour; Cereals, pulses and derived products
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DEAS 44: 2025, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification, Sixth Edition
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 44: 2025, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification, Sixth Edition, notified in G/SPS/N/BDI/139, G/SPS/N/KEN/342, G/SPS/N/RWA/132, G/SPS/N/TZA/460, G/SPS/N/UGA/450 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 30 June 2026 as EAS 44: 2026, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification, Sixth Edition.
This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for whole maize meal, granulated maize meal, sifted maize meal, maize grits and maize flour from the grains of common maize (Zeamays L.) intended for human consumption. This standard does not apply to fortified milled maize (corn) products and maize grits intended for brewing, manufacturing of starch and any other industrial use. Note: This Draft Tanzania Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.
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AddendumG/SPS/N/BDI/139/Add.1
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
DEAS 44: 2025, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification, Sixth Edition
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 44: 2025, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification, Sixth Edition, notified in G/SPS/N/BDI/139, G/SPS/N/KEN/342, G/SPS/N/RWA/132, G/SPS/N/TZA/460, G/SPS/N/UGA/450 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 30 June 2026 as EAS 44: 2026, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification, Sixth Edition.
Regular notificationG/SPS/N/TZA/460
Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, UgandaComment deadline: Closed on 22 August 2025
DEAS 44: 2025, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification, Sixth Edition
This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for whole maize meal, granulated maize meal, sifted maize meal, maize grits and maize flour from the grains of common maize (Zeamays L.) intended for human consumption. This standard does not apply to fortified milled maize (corn) products and maize grits intended for brewing, manufacturing of starch and any other industrial use. Note: This Draft Tanzania Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.
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