G/SPS/N/TZA/294  
24 August 2023  
(23-5695) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Grains of cereals, hulled, pearled, sliced, kibbled or otherwise worked 
(excl. rolled, flaked, flour, pellets, and oats and maize, and husked and semi - or whol ly 
milled rice and broken rice) (HS code(s): 110429); Cereals, pulses and derived products 
(ICS code(s): 67.060); Barley grains  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DARS 878: 2023, Barley grains — Specification, Second 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  59 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/TZA/23_11989_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for barley grains of varieties (cultivars) grown from Hordeum vulgare  Lin 
and Hordeum bulbosum  intended for human consumption.  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also noti fied under TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant internationa l standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how  and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/TZA/294  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
4. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
5. ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moi sture content — Routine 
reference method  
6. ISO 5223, Test sieves for cereals  
7. ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
8. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Samplin g 
9. Ullrich, S.E., editor. (2011) Barley: Production, Improvement, and Uses [Internet]. 
Wiley -Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom; Ames, Iowa, Unites States 
of America  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be det ermined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 October 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz