G/TBT/N/TZA/1134  
15 May 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. 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 :  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Natural 
honey. (HS code(s): 0409); Processes in the food industry (ICS code(s): 67.020) Honey 
butter  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  TBS/ AFDC 17 
(2279) DTZS:2024, Honey butter - specification, First Edition.  
Note: This Draft Tanzania Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (7 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard prescribes the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for honey butter intended for human consumption. This standard does 
not cover honey milk butter (mixture of honey and milk butter)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protectio n 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  
8. Relevant documents:   G/TBT/N/TZA/1134  
 
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  1. AOAC 999.1, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for 
determination of lead in food and food stuffs  
2. CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
3. TZS 1326, Animal and vegetable fats and oils determination of moisture and 
volatile matter content  
4. ISO 7305 Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
5. ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms — Most probable number 
technique  
6. TZS 131, Microbiology of foo d and animal feeding stuff – General guidance for 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds – Colony count technique at 25 degree 
Centigrade  
7. TZS 1502, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — sampling and methods of 
test Part 14: Determination of arsenic content — Silver diethyldithocarbamate 
spectrophotometric method.  
8. ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
cadmium content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
9. TZS 3420, Oilseed residues ― Determination of ash in soluble in hydrochloric acid  
10. TZS 109, food processing units — Codes of hygiene  
11. TZS 122, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
detection of salmonella spp 
12. TZS 125(Part 1), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizo ntal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
aureus  and other species) – Part 1: Technique using  
13. TZS 131, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff – General guidance for 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds –Colony c ount technique at 25 degree 
Centigrade  
14. TZS 538 Packaging and labeling of foods  
15. TZS 731, Microbiology of food and feeding -stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia Coli – Most Probable 
Number Technique  
16. TZS 3459 determination of Ash of honey  
17. TZS 3460 determination of reducing sugar in honey  
18. TZS 3461, Determination of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) content  
19. TZS 851, Honey - specification  
20. TZS 119, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
detection and enumeration of Coliforms – Most probable number technique  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined and notified  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/TZA/1134  
 
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  11. 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 Ro ad, 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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