G/TBT/N/TZA/760  
4 May 2022  
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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 (TBS);  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo;  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;  
Tel: +255 222450206;  
E- mail: 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Waters, 
incl. mineral and aerated, with added sugar, s weetener or flavour, for direct consumption 
as a beverage (HS code(s): 220210); General methods of tests and analysis for food 
products (ICS code(s): 67.050)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC12 (1033) 
DTZS, Concentra ted flavoured drinks - Specification, First Edition; (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies the requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for concentrated flavoured drinks  
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:   
• Codex Stan 192, Permitted food additives  
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 109, General code of hygiene for food processing units  
• TZS 114, Soft drink manufacturing units – Code of hygiene  
• TZS 118/ ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of microorganism s – Colony -count technique at 30O 
C 
• TZS 119/ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for detection and enumeration of coliforms – Most probable number 
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  • TZS 125(Part 1)/ ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and other species) – Part 1: Technique using  
• TZS 127/ ISO 21872 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for 
the determina tion of Vibrio spp. — Part 1: Detection of potentially 
enteropathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio cholerae  
• TZS 131, Microbiology General guidance for enumeration of yeast and moulds – 
Colony Count technique at 25°c  
• TZS 163, Processed fruits and veget able products – Method of sampling  
• TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for 
determination of lead in food stuffs  
• TZS 538, General standard on packaging, marking and labeling  
• TZS 789, Drinking (potable) water – Specification  
• TZS 1491 , / ISO 1842 Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of pH  
• TZS 1502, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Arsenic content  
• TZS 1581 -1, Determination of cadmium content – Method graphite furnace atomic 
absorption spectrometry  
• TZS 101 TZS 1496/ISO 2173 Frui ts, vegetables and derived products – Sampling 
and methods of test – Part 10: Determination of soluble solids  
• .TZS 963 -3, Starch and derived products – Heavy metals content – Part 3 – 
Determination of lead content by atomic absorption spectrometry with ele ctro-
thermal atomization  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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