G/TBT/N/TZA/867  
7 December 2022  
(22-9086) 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 (TBS)  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  
Tel: +255 222450206,  
E- mail: 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 [  ], 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):  Cuttle fish 
and squid, frozen, with or without shell (HS code(s): 030743); Fish and fisher y products 
(ICS code(s): 67.120.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 23 (1520), 
Frozen cuttlefish and squid — Specification; (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requi rements, methods of 
sampling and test for frozen cuttlefish and squid.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
TZS 109, Code of hygiene for food processing units – General  
CODEX STAN 193:2008 · General Standard for contaminants & toxins in foo d. 
TZS 118/ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony -count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate 
technique TZS 122/ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection of Salmonella spp.  G/TBT/N/TZA/867  
 
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  TZS 125/ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species)  
TZS 127 -1/ ISO 21872: 2017 - Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
determination of Vibrio spp. - Part 1: Detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio 
parahaemolyticus, Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio vulnificus  
TZS 536 Quick frozen prawns or shrimps – Sampling and test methods  
TZS 538 – Packaging and labeling in food  
TZS 731/ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable 
number technique  
TZS 85 2-1/ ISO 11290 -1: 2017 - Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. - Part 1: 
Detection method.  
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 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  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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