G/TBT/N/TZA/753  
4 May 2022  
(22-3474) 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 (TBS);  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo;  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;  
Tel: +255 222450206;  
E- mail: info@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 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [  ], 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):  
Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS code(s): 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 15 (768) 
DTZS, Visheti – Specification; (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for Visheti int ended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 109, Food processing units - Code of hygiene - General  
• TZS 111, Bakery units – Code of hygiene  
• TZS 118 -1: 2018/ISO 4833 -1: 2013, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C 
by the pour plate technique  
• TZS 122 -1/ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for 
the detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp. CODEX STAN  192, Codex General Standard for foods additives. 
CODEX STAN 193, Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in foods  
• TZS 538/EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements TZS 
730-1/ ISO 16649 – 1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the G/TBT/N/TZA/753  
 
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  enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli - Part 1: Colony -count 
technique at 44 0C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-
glucuronide  
• TZS 2426 -2/ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony 
count technique in products with water ac tivity less than or equal to 0.95  
• TZS 2752: Bakery products - methods of analysis  
• TZS 2753: Bakery products - methods of sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed 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  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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