G/TBT/N/TZA/752  
3 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 (Articles 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):  Raw cane 
sugar, in solid form, not containing adde d flavouring or colouring matter, obtained without 
centrifugation, with sucrose content 69° to 93°, containing only natural anhedral 
microcrystals (see subheading note 2.) (HS code(s): 170113); Sugar and sugar products 
(ICS code(s): 67.180.10)  
5. Title, n umber of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 17 (1254) 
DTZS,Brown sugar — Specification; (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard prescribes the requirements, methods 
of sampling and test for light brown a nd brown sugar 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 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
ICUMSA GS 2/3 -35, The Determination of Sulphite in Refined Sugar Products excepting 
Brown Sugars by an Enzymatic Method – Official The Determination of Sulphite in Brown 
Sugars – Tentative  
ICUMSA  Method GS 1/2/3/9 -1,The Determination of the Polarisation of Raw Sugar by 
Polarimetry  
ICUMSA Method GS 1/3/4/7/8 -13, The Determination of Conductivity Ash in Raw Sugar, 
Brown Sugar, Juice, Syrup and Molasses – Official  G/TBT/N/TZA/752  
 
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  ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3/9 -15,The Dete rmination of Sugar Moisture by Loss on Drying 
– Official ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -5The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Purified 
Sugars by the Knight and Allen EDTA Metho  
ICUMSA Method GS 2/9 -6,The Determination of Reducing Sugars in White Sugar and 
Plantation White Sugar by the Modified Ofner Titrimetric Method – Official  
ICUMSA Method GS2/3/9 -19The Determination of Insoluble Matter in White Sugar by 
Membrane Filtration – Official  
ICUMSA Method GS9/1/2/3 -8, The Determination of Sugar Solution Colour at pH  7.0 by 
the MOPS Buffer Method – Official (Reference) Method  
TZS 109, Food processing units – Code of hygiene  
TZS 118, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Colony -count technique at 300 c 
TZS 122, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the detection of 
salmonella spp  
TZS 2426 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: Colony count techni que in products with water 
activity greater than 0.95  
TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
TZS 538, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
TZS 730 -2 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
beta- glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 1: Colony -count technique at 44 
degrees C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
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 or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, 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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