G/TBT/N/TZA/862  
28 November 2022  
(22-8849) 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: nep@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):  Ice cream 
and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa. (HS code(s): 2105)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 14 
(705),Milk -based desserts and ice mixes – Specification; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test  for milk -based desserts and ice mixes 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; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
TZS 4 – Rounding off numerical values  
TZS 109 – Food processing units – code of hygiene  
TZS 112 – Milk – Production, processing, transportation and distribution – Code of  hygiene  
TZS 122 – Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp  
TZS 124 - Milk and milk products – sampling for microbiological examination  
TZS 125 – Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other G/TBT/N/TZA/862  
 
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  species) – Part 1: Technique using Baird -parker agar medium – Amendment 1: Inclusion 
of precision data  
TZS 2426 -1 TZS 441 – Fermented milks – Determination of titratable Acidity – 
Potentiometric method.  
TZS 852 -2 – Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes - Enumer ation method (Identical 
to ISO 11290 -2) 
Codex Stan 193 – Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed  
AFDC 14(725) CD1/ISO 9232 – Yogurt — Identification of characteristic microorganisms 
(Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus a nd Streptococcus thermophilus)  
ISO 7328:2008 – Milk-based edible ices and ice mixes — Determination of fat content — 
Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
ISO 8262 -2/ TZS 1390 – Milk products and milk -based foods — Determination of fat 
content by the Weibu ll-Berntrop gravimetric method (Reference method) — Part 2: Edible 
ices and ice -mixesISO 3594:1976 – Milk fat — Detection of vegetable fat by gas -liquid 
chromatography of sterols (Reference method)  
AFDC 14(727) CD1/ISO 11816 -1 – Milk and milk products — Determination of alkaline 
phosphatase activity — Part 1: Fluorimetric method for milk and milk -based drinks  
AFDC 14(729) CD1/ISO 3728 - Ice-cream and milk ice — Determination of total solids 
content (Reference method)  
CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
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 95 24 
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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