G/SPS/N/TZA/293  
24 August 2023  
(23-5690) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Dried, shelled chickpeas "garbanzos", whether or not skinned or split 
(HS code(s): 071320); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060); 
Dry chickpeas  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DARS 866: 2023, Dry chickpeas — Specification, Second 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/TZA/23_11988_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard specifies requirements, sampling  and 
test methods for dry chickpeas of the varieties (cultivars) grown from Cicer arietinum  (L.) 
intended for human consumption.  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] anim al health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/TZA/293  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
4. AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in food s — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
5. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
6. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for conta minants and toxins in food and 
feed 
7. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
8. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmo nella spp. 
9. ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus 
aureus  and other species)  
10. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  — Most probable number 
technique  
11. 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  
12. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
13. ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
14. EAS 754:2012, Chickpeas — Specification  
15. Chickpeas Official Grain Grading Guide, 1 August 2012, Canadian Grain Commission  
16. Pulses Grading and Marking Rules, 2003, Schedule XII, Grade designation and 
definition of quality of Kabuli Chana, Ministry of Agriculture, India, 7 April 2004  
17. Ethiopian Standards, ES 18:2001, P ulses — Grading of chickpeas  
18. CODEX STAN 171:1989 (Rev. 1:1995), Standard for Certain Pulses  
19. Australian Pulse Standards, 2012/2013 — Chickpeas minimum receival standards  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 October 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  G/SPS/N/TZA/293  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz