G/TBT/N/TZA/488  
12 November 2020  
(20-8116) 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):  Food 
products in general (ICS 6 7.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 21 (385) 
CD3 Cassava maize composite flour — Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Tanzania standard prescribes requirements, the 
methods of sampling and testing for cassava maize composite flour 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  
• EAS 82:2000, Milled cereal products — Methods of test  
• TZS 109, Food Processing units - Code of hygiene  
• TZS 122-1:2018/ISO 6579 -1: 2017 - Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal 
method for the detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: 
Detection of Salmonella spp.  
• TZS 125 -3:2018/ ISO 6888 -3:2003 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding 
stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive 
staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) - Part 3: Detection and 
MPN technique for low numbers  
• CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standards for contaminants and toxins in food 
and fe ed 
• TZS 328 -1:2017/EAS 44 Milled maize (corn) products  
• TZS 438: 2017/ EAS 2:2017 Maize grains – Specification  G/TBT/N/TZA/488  
 
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  • TZS 465: 2010 (3rd Ed), Dried cassava chips — Specification  
• TZS 466: 2010 (3rd Ed), Cassava flour — Specification  
• TZS 472: 2010 (3rd Ed), Cassava and cassava products — Determination of total 
cyanogen's — Enzymatic assay method  
• TZS 538:2015 (EAS 38:2014) - Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General 
requirements  
• TZS 731: 2018/ ISO 7251: 2006 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - 
Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia 
coli- Most probable number technique  
• TZS 799: 2020 (3rd Ed)/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 method  
• TZS 961:2007/ISO 1666, Starch - Determination of moisture content - Oven-
drying method  
• TZS 2044:2017/ISO 5985:2002 Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of ash 
insoluble in hydrochloric aci d 
• TZS 2426 -1: 2020/ ISO 21527 -1: 2008 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding 
stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: 
Colony count technique in products with water activity greater than 0.95  
• ISO 24333, Cereals and cer eal products - Sampling  
• ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
General method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 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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