G/TBT/N/TZA/705  
21 January 2022  
(22-0463) 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,  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ,  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numb ers, 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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Preparations for sauces and prepared sauces; mixed condiments and seasonings (excl. 
soya sauce, tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces, mustard, and mustard flour and 
meal) (HS 210390); Spices and condiments (ICS 67.220.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 7(896) 
CD3 , Spice paste –– Specification, First Edition (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, sampling and 
method of test for spice paste intended for human consumption.  
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 33, Spices and condiments - Sampling  
TZS 109, Food processing units – Code of hygiene  
TZS 122 -1 /ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella 
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  TZS 125, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
enumeration of coagulase – Positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species)  
TZS 268, General atom ic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of lead 
in food stuffs  
TZS 538 (EAS 38:2014), Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
TZS 730 (Part 2) (1st Ed) ISO 16649 (Part 2), Microbiology of food and animal feeding 
stuffs – Horizontal method for the enumeration of -beta-glucuronidase -positive 
Escherichia coli – Part 2 – Colony -count technique at 44 0C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-
indolyl -b-D-glucuronide  
TZS 799 (3rd Ed)/ISO 16050, Foodstuffs – Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the  total 
content of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products – High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
TZS 1488:2016/ ISO 750:1998, Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling and 
methods of test – Part 2: Determinatio n of titratable acidy  
TZS 1491, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of pH  
TZS 1496/ ISO 2173, Fruits, vegetables  and derived products – Sampling and methods 
of test – Part 10: Determination of soluble solids  
TZS 1501/ ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling and methods 
of test – Part 16: Determination of mercury content – Flameless atomic absorp tion 
method  
TZS 1502, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Arsenic content TZS 1503, Fruits and 
Vegetables – Determination of Ash Insoluble in Hydrochloric Acid TZS 1529, Fruits and 
Vegetables – Determination of Sodium Chloride in brine  
TZS 2426 -1 (ISO  21527 -1), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity greater than 0,95 Codex Stan 192, General Standard for Food 
Additives  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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 9 524 
Dar Es Salaam  
 
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
 
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