G/TBT/N/TZA/429  
20 April 2020  
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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  
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 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fruits and 
derived products (ICS 67.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 15(6518) 
P3 Kashata – Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and testing for kashata intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection o f human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
CAC/MRL 1 Maximum Residues Limit for Pesticides  
CODEX STAN 192, Codex General Standard for food additives  
CODEX STAN 193, Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in foods  
TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
TZS 76 General method for determination of arsenic silver diethyldithiocarmate 
photometric method  
TZS 109, Food processing units - Code of hygiene - General  
TZS 119, Microbiology - General guidance for the enumeration of coliforms - Most 
probable number technique  
TZS 155 Sugar confectionery - Methods of sampling and analysis  
TZS 268, General atomic absorption - Spectrophotometric method for determination of 
lead in food stuffs  
TZS 538/EAS 38 Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General require ments  
TZS 593/ISO 5496 Sensory analysis – Methodology – Initiation and training of 
assessors in the detection and recognition of ordours.  
TZS 730 - 2/ISO 16649 - 2 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of -b-glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli – Part 2 – 
Colony -count technique at 44 0C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl -b-D-glucuronide  
TZS 739 Cashew kernels - Specification  
TZS 740 Groundnuts (peanuts) - Specification  G/TBT/N/TZA/429  
 
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  TZS 741 Simsim (sesame) seeds - Specifi cation  
TZS 799/ISO 16050 Foodstuffs – Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products – High-performance 
liquid chromatographic method.  
TZS 831 Tanzania brown sugar - Specification  
TZS 1501/ISO 6637 Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
mercury content — Flameless atomic absorption method  
TZS 1581 -1 Determination of cadmium content – Method graphite furnace atomic 
absorption spectrometry  
TZS 2429/ISO 3972 Sensory  analysis – Methodology – Method of investigating 
sensitivity of taste.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister 
for Industry, Trade and Investment  
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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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