G/TBT/N/TZA/465  
26 May 2020  
(20-3793) 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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.0 60) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC  16(6757) 
P2 Breakfast cereals - Specification (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard prescribes the requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for flaked/puffed breakfast cereals including muesli and cereal bars, for 
direct 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:   
• CAC/GL 23 Guidelines for nutrition and health claims.  
• 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  
• TZS 117, Food – Handling of samples for microbiological analysis – Code of practice  
• TZS 122, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the  
detection of salmonella spp  
• TZS 125, 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 Baird \-Parker agar medi um – 
Amendment 1 \: Inclusion of precision data  
• TZS 131, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff \: General guidance for 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds \- Colony Count technique at 25°C  
• TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of G/TBT/N/TZA/465  
 
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  lead in food and food stuff  
• TZS 330, Cereals and pulses — Sampling  
• TZS 331, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
• TZS 538, Labelling of pre \-packaged foods — General requirements  
• TZS 729 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs –Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms – Colony count technique  
• TZS 730, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of \-b\-glucuronidase \-positive Escheria coli – Part 2 – Colony \-count 
technique at  44°C using 5 \-bromo \-4\-chloro \-3\-indolyl \-b\-D\-glucuronide  
• TZS 1316, Spices and Condiments - Determination of total ash  
• TZS 1317, Spices and Condiments \- Determination of acid insoluble ash  
• TZS 1502, Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling and methods of test 
Part 14 \: Determination of arsenic content \- Silver diethyldithocarbamate 
spectrophotometric method  
• TZS 1770, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point \(HACCP \) System — 
Requirements for any organization in the food chain  
9. Propose d date of adoption:  August 2020  
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  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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