G/TBT/N/TZA/272  
 
26 April 2019  
(19-2874) 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: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Webiste: 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):  Fruits. 
Vegetables (ICS 67.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document:  TBS/AFDC 
19(5972) P3 Pumpkin seeds – Specification (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements and methods of 
sampling and test for seeds obtained from pumpkin (Cucurbit a pepo L.) intended for 
human consumption or for other use in the food industry.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requireme nts 
8. Relevant documents:   
• Codex Stan 193, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed  
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 109, Food processing units – Code of hygiene – General  
• TZS 122, Microbiology of food and feeding Stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp  
• TZS 131, Microbiology – General guidance for enumeration of yeast and moulds 
– Colony count technique at 25 0C  
• TZS 538, Packaging and labeling of foods  G/TBT/N/TZA/272  
 
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  • TZS 731, Microbiology of food and feeding Stuffs -Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia Coli – Most Probable 
Number Technique  
• TZS 742, Oleaginous seeds – Sampling  
• TZS 799, Foodstuffs – Determination of aflatoxin B1,  and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products – High\-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
• TZS 1314 – 1, Oilseeds – Determination of content of impurities  
• TZS 1314 – 2, Oilseeds – Determination of moistur e and volatile matter content  
• TZS 1314 – 3, Oilseeds – Determination of oil content (Reference method)  
• TZS 1314 – 4, Oilseeds – Determination of acidity of oils  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  October 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: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Webiste: www.tbs.go.tz  
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