G/SPS/N/TZA/42  
5 March 2020  
(20-1733) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Contaminants in Foods  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  AFDC 27 (6606) P3 Code of practice for the prevention 
and reduction of inorganic tin contamination in canned foods . Language(s):  English . 
Number of pages:  5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/TZA/20_1737_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This code of practice recommends the good practice for the 
preve ntion and reduction of solely migration of inorganic tin from the internally plain (i.e. 
not lacquered) tin coating of tinplate cans in canned foods. Compliance with this code does 
not confer immunity from relevant statutory and legal requirements  
This cod e of practice is applicable to thermally processed canned human foods (including 
fruit and vegetable juices) which are packed into plain tinplate cans. It is considered that 
this description covers both:  
i.  Hot fill and hold products; and,  
ii. Hot or cold  fill and retort products.  
This code of practice is not intended to apply to tin exposure from any other source and is 
specific to inorganic tin. Also dry goods and 100% oil products are not included, because 
they do not experience tin migration  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify th e standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protec tion Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/TZA/42  
 
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : May 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : May 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 May 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
nep@tbs.go.tz  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
nep@tbs.go.tz