G/TBT/N/TZA/443  
27 April 2020  
(20-3273) 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):  Food 
products in general (ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 7(6563) P3 
Ginger paste – Specification (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, sampling and 
test for ginger paste prepared from Zingiber officinale intended 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:   
• Codex Stan 192 General Standard for Food Additives  
• Codex stan 193 General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
• TZS 123, Microbiological examination for clostridium perfringens – Test method  
• TZS 125, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
enumeration of coagulase – Positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species)  
• TZS 1315, Spic es and condiments - Determination of extraneous matter and foreign 
matter content  
• TZS 1316, Spices and condiments - Determination of total ash  
• TZS 1318, Spices and condiments - Determination of moisture content Entrainment 
method  
• TZS 1488:2016/ ISO 750:1998 F ruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling 
and methods of test – Part 2: Determination of titratable acidy  
• TZS 1491 - Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of pH  G/TBT/N/TZA/443  
 
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  • TZS 1492, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of tin content  
• TZS 1495, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of copper content  
• TZS 1496:2016/ ISO 2173 -2003 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling 
and methods of test – Part 10: Determination of soluble solids  
• TZS 1499:2015/ ISO 6632 -1981 Fruits, vegetables and derived products  – Sampling 
and methods of test – Part 13: Determination of volatile acidity  
• TZS 1501:2016/ ISO 6637 -1984 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling 
and methods of test – Part 16: Determination of mercury content – Flameless 
atomic absorption metho d 
• TZS 1502, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Arsenic content  
• TZS 1503, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Ash Insoluble in Hydrochloric 
Acid 
• TZS 1529, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Sodium Chloride in brine  
• TZS 1581 -Part 1, Determin ation of cadmium content – Method graphite furnace 
atomic absorption spectrometry  
• TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of 
lead in food stuffs  
• TZS 33, Spices and condiments - Sampling  
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical va lues 
• TZS 445, Dehydrated garlic - Determination of volatile organic sulphur compounds.  
• TZS 729: 2011 (1st Ed) /ISO 4832: 2006 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding 
stuffs –Horizontal method for the enumeration of coliforms – Colony count 
technique  
• TZS 7 99, (2nd Ed)/ISO 16050: 2003 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  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 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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