G/TBT/N/TZA/502  
24 November 2020  
(20-8454) 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):  Tomatoes, 
prepared or preserved  otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (HS 2002); Fruits, 
vegetables and derived products in general (ICS 67.080.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 12(568) 
P3 Dried tomatoes - specification (12 page(s), in Engl ish) 
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard prescribes requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for dried tomatoes of varieties Solanum lycopersicum L. 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 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 109 - Food processing units – Code of hygiene  
• TZS 118, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of microorganisms – Colony -count technique at 30°C  
• TZS 131/ISO 7954, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff – General 
guidance for enumeration of yeasts and moulds – Colony count technique at 25°C  
• TZS 1 31/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  
• Codex Stan 192, General standard for foo d additives  
• TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for 
determination of lead in food stuffs  
• TZS 538/EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/502  
 
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  • TZS 730 (Part 2)/ISO 16649 (Part 2), Microbiology of food and animal fe eding 
stuffs – Horizontal method for the enumeration of -b-glucuronidase -positive 
Escherichia coli – Part 2 – Colony -count technique at 44°C using 5 -bromo -4-
chloro -3-indolyl -b-D-glucuronide  
• TZS 789/EAS 12, Potable water -Specification  
• TZS 963 -3, Starch and derived products – Heavy metals content – Part 3 – 
Determination of lead content by atomic absorption spectrometry with electro -
thermal atomization  
• TZS 1502, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Arsenic content  
• TZS 1581 -1 Determination of ca dmium content – Method graphite furnace atomic 
absorption spectrometry  
• TZS 1581 -2, Determination of cadmium content – Method flame atomic 
absorption spectrometry  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from a doption  
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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