G/TBT/N/TZA/366  
18 December 2019  
(19-8806) 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  
 MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Website: nep@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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Spices and 
condiments. Food additives (ICS 67.220)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC07 
(6573)P3 Dehydrated garlic — Specification (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements and methods of 
sampling and test for dehydrated garlic from Allium sativum (L.) 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:   
TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
TZS 33, Spices and condiments — Sampling  
TZS 109, Codes of hygiene for food processing units — General  
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 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of 
lead in food stuffs  
TZS 444, Spices and condiments — Determ ination of cold water soluble extract  
TZS 445, Dehydrated garlic — Determination of volatile organic sulphur compounds  
IS0 1208, Spices and condiments — Determination of filth  G/TBT/N/TZA/366  
 
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  TZS 1315, Spices 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 1492, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of tin content  
TZS 1495, Fruits and vegetabl es — Determination of copper content  
TZS 1502, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of Arsenic content  
TZS 1503, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2020  
Proposed date of entry i nto 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  
Website: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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