G/TBT/N/TZA/739  
25 April 2022  
(22-3234) Page: 1/2 
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;  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo ;  
P O BOX 9524;  
Telephone: +255 222450206;  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; 
Website: 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 [  ], 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):  Biology. 
Botany. Zoology (ICS code(s): 07.080)  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 11 (1290) 
DTZS,Biotechnology - Biobanking - Process and quality requirements for establishment, 
maintenance and characterization of mammalian cell lines; (19 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard specifies process and quality 
requirements for the biobanking of mammalian (including human) cell lines. It describes 
requirements for the fundamental procedures of the biobank handling cell lines, such as 
establishment, reception, id entification, propagation, preservation, storage, quality 
control, and distribution of cell lines. This Tanzania standard can be used by organizations 
performing biobanking activities with mammalian cell lines used for research and 
development, biobank use rs, organizations and schemes using peerassessment and 
accreditation bodies. This Tanzania standard does not apply to biological material 
intended for therapeutic use.  
NOTE: National regulations or requirements can also apply to specific topics covered in 
this Tanzania standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/739  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4 Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 2973/ISO 20395 Biotechnology - Requirements for evaluating the 
performance of quantification methods for nucleic acid target sequences - qPCR 
and dPCR.  
• TZS 2974 -1/ISO 20391 -1 Biotechnology - Cell counting - Part 1: General 
guidance on cell counting methods.  
• TZS 2974 -2/ISO 20391 -2 Biotec hnology - Cell counting - Part 2: Experimental 
design and statistical analysis to quantify counting method performance  
• TZS 2975/ISO 20387 Biotechnology - Biobanking - General requirements for 
biobanking.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Prop osed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
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) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
 
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