G/TBT/N/TZA/591  
30 April 2021  
(21-3708) 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):  Meat and 
meat products (ICS 67. 120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 22 (286) 
DTZS Edible offal – Specification (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Tanzania standard specifies requirements, methods 
of sampling and test for edible offal for human consumption from the cattle, buffalo, 
sheep, goats, deer, horses, pigs, ratites, camelids and poultry.  
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 789/EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values.  
• TZS 109, Food processing units - Code of hygiene.  
• TZS 118/ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of microorganisms – Colony -count technique at 
30°C.  
• TZS 122/ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of food and feeding staffs – Horizontal method 
for detection of Salmonella spp.  
• TZS 123 /ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens – Colony -count technique.  
• TZS 458:2016 Code of hygiene for meat  processing plant  
• TZS 538, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/591  
 
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  • TZS 731/ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and feeding -stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia Coli – Most 
Probable Number Techniq ue 
• TZS 852 -1/ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes 
– Part 1 – Detection method  
• ISO 17604, Microbiology of the food chain – Carcass sampling for microbiology 
analysis  
• ISO 10272 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp. – Part 1: Detection method  
• TZS 110:2016 Abattoir design, ante mortem and post mortem inspection of 
slaughtered animals, fresh meat and processed meat products – code of hygiene  
• OI CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
• CAC/MRL 2, Maximum residue limits for veterinary drugs in food  
• CAC/RCP 58, Code of hygienic practice for meat  
• Codex Stan 192, General st andard for food additives  
• Terrestrial Animal Health Code  
• TZS 110:2016 Abattoir design, ante mortem and post mortem inspection of 
slaughtered animals, fresh meat and processed meat products – code of hygiene  
• TZS 2843/EAS 955, Production of Packaged Meat Pro ducts — Hygienic 
Requirements  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 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 95 24 
Dar Es Salaam  
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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