G/TBT/N/TZA/526  
8 March 2021  
(21-1881) 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  
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):  Fish and 
fishery products (ICS 67.120.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  TBS/AFDC 
23(346) CD3 Dried sardine – Specification (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for dried sardine other than silver cyprinid (Rastrineobola argentea) 
intended 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 109 - Food processing units – code of hygiene  
• TZS 118 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for enumeration of micro – organisms – Colony count technique at 30ºc  
• TZS 119 – Microbiology – General guidance for the enumeration of coliforms – 
Most Probable Number technique (MPN).  
• TZS 122 – Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal me thod for the 
detection of Salmonella spp  
• TZS 123 Microbiological - examination for clostridium perfringens  
• TZS 125 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for enumeration of coagulase – positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus au reus 
and other species)  
• TZS 131 Microbiology - General guidance for enumeration of yeast and moulds -
Colony count technique at 25°C  
• TZS 538 Packaging and labelling of foods  G/TBT/N/TZA/526  
 
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  • TZS 731 / ISO 7251 – Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia Coli – Most 
Probable Number Technique  
• TZS 789 - Portable water – Specification  
• TZS 1813 (EAS 833:2016) - Processing and handling of dried fish and fish 
products –Code of practice  
• TZS 2044/ISO 5985 Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric  
• TZS 2230 Lead determination in fish and fishery product  
• AOAC 2015.01, Heavy metals in food  
• Codex Stan 192 - Codex General Standard for food additives  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2021 
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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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