G/TBT/N/TZA/547  
8 April 2021  
(21-2947) 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):  Prepared 
foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products, e.g. corn flakes; 
cereals (other than maize "corn") in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked 
grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre -cooked or otherwise prepared, n.e.s 
(HS 1904); Prepac kaged and prepared foods (ICS 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 15(262) 
CD3 Maandazi – Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for Maandazi intended for human consumption. This standard applies 
to doughnuts, East African doughnuts, Swahili buns, mahamri.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature o f urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 109, Food processing units - Code of hygiene - General  
• TZS 122-1/ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for 
the detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
• TZS 125 -1/ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method f or the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
aureus and other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• CODEX STAN 192, Codex General Standard for foods additives.  
• CODEX STAN 193, Codex General Standard for Conta minants and Toxins in foods  
• TZS 538/EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/547  
 
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  • TZS 730 -1/ ISO 16649 – 1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli - Part 1: Colo ny-
count technique at 44 degrees C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-
indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
• TZS 2426 -2/ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony 
count technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
• TZS 2752, Bakery products - methods of analysis  
• TZS 2753, Bakery products - methods of sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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  
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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