G/TBT/N/TZA/469  
26 May 2020  
(20-3797) 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):  Chocolate 
(ICS 67.190)  
5. Title, number of pa ges and language(s) of the notified document:  
TBS/AFDC  29(3267) P3 Chocolate – Specification (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard specifies the requirements, method of 
sampling and test for the various types of chocolates processed 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  
• Codex Stan 192 Codex General standard for food additives  
• Codex Stan CAC/GL 50 - General guidelines on sampling  
• TZS 135 Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of copper, iron and 
nickel content -graphite furnace atomic absorption  
• TZS 268 General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of 
lead in food stuffs  
• TZS 76 Methods for determination o f arsenic content  
• TZS 109 Food processing units – Code of hygiene – General  
• TZS 538 Packaging and labelling of foods  
• TZS 118 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
enumeration of micro -organisms – Colony count technique at 3 0°C 
• TZS 122 Microbiology food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
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  • TZS 125 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
enumeration of coagulase – Positive staphylococcus aureus and oth er species  
• TZS 2426(Part1) Microbiology of food and animal feeding -stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeast and moulds - Colony count technique in products with 
water activity greater than 0.95.  
• TZS 731 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most Probable 
Number Technique  
• TZS 101 Refined sugar – Specification  
• TZS 100 Plantation white sugar – Specification  
• TZS 729 Microbiology - General guidanc e for the enumeration of coliforms – Colony 
count technique  
• TZS 831 Tanzania brown sugar – Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  August 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister for 
Industry, Trade and I nvestment  
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: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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