G/TBT/N/TZA/791  
10 June 2022  
(22-4376) 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 (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 870, 
Lentils — Specification, Second Edition; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This African Standard specifies the requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for sh elled whole lentils of varieties (cultivars) grown from Lens 
culinaris Medic. Syn. Lens esculenta Moench. intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, ir on 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  
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  G/TBT/N/TZA/791  
 
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  ISO 605, Pulses — Determin ation 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, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumerat ion 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 presum ptive 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, nuts and derived products — High performance 
liquid chromatographic method  
ISO 2 1527-2, 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  
EAS 760:2012, Lentils — Specification  
CODEX STAN 171:1989 (Rev.1:1995), Standard for Certain Pulses  
Lentils, Official Grain Grading Guide, August 1, 2012, Canadian Grain Commission  
United States Standards for Lentils, Effective December 19, 2008  
Ethiopian Standard, ES 17:2001, Pulses — Grading of lentils  
Australian Pulse Standards, 2012/2013: Whole lentils — Minimum standards  
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  
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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