G/TBT/N/TZA/269  
 
5 April 2019  
(19-2201) 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  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: info@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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Sacks. 
Bags (ICS 55.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  TDC3 (6199)P3 
Textiles – High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)/ Polypropylene (PP) Woven Sacks for packing 
food grains – Specifications  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Tanzania Standard prescribes the requirements of 
two t ypes of HDPE/PP woven sacks suitable for packaging of all types of food grains 
(wheat, paddy, rice, pulses, millet, etc.).  
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 20, Textiles – Woven fabrics – Determination of number of threads per unit 
length and per unit width.  
• TZS 21, Textiles – Woven or knitted fabrics – Determination of mass per unit 
length and per unit area.  
• TZS 22, Textiles - Woven fabrics - Determination of breaking load and extension  
• TZS 44, Textiles – Woven or knitted fabrics - determination of width and length.  G/TBT/N/TZA/269  
 
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  • TZS 834: 2005, Textiles – Determination of commercial mass consignments of 
textiles fibres and yarns.  
• ISO 13953, Polyethylene (PE) pipes and fittings - Determination of the tensile 
strength and failure mode of test pieces from a butt -fused joint.  
• IS 1969: Textiles - Tensile Propertie s of Fabrics - Determination of Maximum 
Force and Elongation at Maximum Force: Part 1 Strip Method.  
• ISO 3451 -1, Plastics - Determination of ash - Part 1: General methods.  
• IS 14887: 2014 Textiles – High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)/Polypropylene (PP) 
Woven Sacks for Packaging of 50kg Food Grains – Specifications.  
• ISO 23560: 2015 Woven Polypropylene Sacks for bulk packaging of foodstuffs.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister 
for Industry, Trade and Investment  
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:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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