G/SPS/N/TZA/296  
24 August 2023  
(23-5694) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Soya bean flour and meal (HS code(s): 120810); Cereals, pulses and 
derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060); Edible full fat soya flour  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DARS 935: 2023, Edible full fat soybean flour — 
Specification, Second Edition . Languag e(s):  English . Number of pages:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/TZA/23_11991_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for edible full fat soybean flour obtained from soybean ( Glycine max (L.) 
Merr) for human consumption.  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from ani mal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/TZA/296  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. ARS 872, Dry soybeans — Specification  
4. AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron  and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
5. AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
6. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
7. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
8. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food  and 
feed 
9. ISO 3310 -1, Test sieves — Technical requirements and testing — Part 1: Test sieves of 
metal wire cloth  
10. ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 °C  
11. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
12. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp. 
13. ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and ani mal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus 
aureus  and other species)  
14. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presu mptive Escherichia coli  — Most probable number 
technique  
15. ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
16. ISO 14902, Animal feeding staffs — Determinati on of trypsin inhibitor activity of soya 
products  
17. ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
18. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
19. ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
20. EAS CD/T/95/2012, Edible full fat soya flour — Specification  
21. Indian Standard, IS 7837:1999, Specification for edible full -fat soya flour  
22. Gandhi, A. P. 2009. Review Article: Quality of soybean and its food pr oducts. 
International Food Research Journal 16: 11 -19 (2009)  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   G/SPS/N/TZA/296  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 October 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.t z 
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz