G/TBT/N/TZA/1095  
19 January 2024  
(24-0437) 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  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel. No: +255 22 245 0298/+255 22 245 0206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
Telefax: +255 22 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://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 [X], 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):  Cereals 
(excl. wheat and meslin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, grain sorghum, buckwheat, millet, 
canary seeds, fonio, quinoa and triticale) (HS code(s): 100890); Cereals, pulses and 
derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and la nguage(s) of the notified document:  DARS 
1349:2023, Amaranth grains – Specification, First edition ; (9 page(s), in English)  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also notified under SPS committee  
6. Description of content:  This African Standard specifies the requirements and methods 
of sampling and test of whole grains of amaranth (Amaranthus. hypochondaricus and A. 
cruentus and any other variety duly approved as a grain amaranth species) intended for 
human consumption.  
7. Objective and rational e, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Protection of the e nvironment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/TZA/1095  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ARS 56, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Requirements  
2. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
3. ISO 24333, Cereals and pulses — Sampling  
4. ISO 712 - Determination of Moisture content in cereals and cereals product.  
5. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test met hods 
6. ISO 16649 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of β -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 1: Colony -
count technique at 44 °C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl β -D-
glucuronide  
7. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
8. ISO 21527 -2, Horizontal metho d for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — 
Part 2: Colony count technique in products with water activity less than or equal 
to 0,95  
9. ISO 1871, Food and feed products — General guidelines for the determination of 
nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method  
10. CODEX STAN  193 Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined and notified  
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)  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Ro ad, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
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