G/TBT/N/TZA/618  
20 August 2021  
(21-6312) 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):  Flours and 
meal of oil seeds or  oleaginous fruit (excl. soya and mustard) (HS 120890); Prepackaged 
and prepared foods (ICS 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 19(843) 
CD3 Groundnut Flour – Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for groundnut flour from the varieties of Arachis hypogaea L intended 
for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent pro blems 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 118 -1 /ISO 4833-2, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of microorganisms - Part 2 Colony count at 30 °C by 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.  
• TZS 538, Packaging and labeling of foods  
• TZS 730 - 2 /ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of -b-glucuronidase -positive Escher ichia 
coli – Part 2 – Colony -count technique at 44 0C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-
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  • 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 activity less than or equal to 0.95  
• TZS 740, Raw and roasted groundnuts – Specification   
• TZS 742, Oleaginous seeds – Sampling   
• 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  
• TZS 1314 – 2, Oilseeds – Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
• TZS 1314 – 4, Oilseeds – Determination of acidity of oils  
• TZS 2624, Oilseeds Residues - Determination of total ash   
• TZS 3242, General standard for contaminants and food additives  
• AFDC (291) CD3, Sampling procedures for analysis of aflatoxin in groundnuts 
and groundnuts products  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  October 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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