G/TBT/N/TZA/790  
10 June 2022  
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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):  Cereals 
(HS code(s): 10); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 869, Dry 
whole peas — Specification, Second Edition; (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This African Standard specifies the requirements and methods 
of sampling and test  for dry whole peas of varieties (cultivars) grown from Pisum sativum 
(L.) and Pisum sativum var. arvense (L.) intended for human consumption. It does not 
apply to processed whole peas after scope.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
ARS 56, Pre -packaged foods — Labelling  
AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after dry ashing  G/TBT/N/TZA/790  
 
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  AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and corn 
flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and species 
and variety — Test methods  
ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp  
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  
ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar medium  
ISO 6888 -3, Micr obiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal  feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable number 
technique  
ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of aflatoxin 
B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, n uts and derived products — High performance liquid 
chromatographic method  
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  
ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
EAS 759:2012, Dry whole peas — Specification  
United States Standards for Whole Dry Peas  
Peas, Offi cial Grain Grading Guide, August 1, 2012, Canadian Grain Commission Ethiopian 
Standard,  
ES 19:2001, Pulses — Grading of dry peas Malawi Standard,  
MBS 243:1991, Dry garden peas — Specification  
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  G/TBT/N/TZA/790  
 
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  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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