G/TBT/N/TZA/1018  
24 August 2023  
(23-5707) Page: 1/3 
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 [  ], 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):  Soya 
beans, whether or not broken (excl. seed for sowing) (HS code(s): 120190); Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060) ; Dry Soybeans  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 872: 
2023, Dry soybeans — Specification, Second Edition  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (15 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for dry whole soybeans of varieties (cultivars) grown from 
Glycine max (L.) intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent proble ms 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 environment; Quality requirements; Harmon ization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/TZA/1018  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron 
and zinc in foods —Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave 
digestion.  
4. AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron 
and zinc in food s — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
5. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn 
and corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
6. ISO 520, Cereals and pulses — Determination of t he mass of 1000 grains  
7. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
8. ISO 659, Oilseeds — Determination of oil content (Reference method)  
9. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
10. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphyl ococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
11. ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other spe cies) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar 
medium  
12. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High 
performance liquid chromatographic  method  
13. ISO/TS 16634 -2, Food products — Determination of the total nitrogen content by 
combustion according to the Dumas principle and calculation of the crude protein 
content — Part 2: Cereals, pulses and milled cereal products  
14. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology o f food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuronide  
15. 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  
16. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
17. ISO 24557, Pulses — Determi nation of moisture content — Air-oven method  
18. EAS 762:2012, Dry soybeans — Specification  
19. Malawi Standard, MBS 244:1991, Soya bean — Specification  
20. United States Standards for Soybeans, Effective September, 2007  
21. Soybeans, Official Grain Grading Guide, August 1, 2012, Canadian Grain 
Commission  
22. Australian Oilseeds Federation — Soybean Marketing and Trading Specifications 
—CS07:2012/2013: Edible Culinary Grade Soybean  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined and notified  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  G/TBT/N/TZA/1018  
 
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  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  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go .tz 
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