G/TBT/N/TZA/1022  
24 August 2023 
(23-5713) 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  
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  
Webiste: www.tbs.go.tz   
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):  Dried, 
shelled beans of species "Vigna mungo [L.] Hepper or Vigna radiata [L.] Wilczek", whether 
or not skinned or split (HS code(s): 071331); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS 
code(s): 67.060); Dry green grams  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 865: 
2023, Dry green grams — 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 requirements, sampling 
and test methods for the dry green grams of the cultivar Vigna radiata (L.) intended for 
human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labell ing; 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; Harmonization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating  trade  G/TBT/N/TZA/1022  
 
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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 foods  — 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. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
7. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
8. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detecti on of Salmonella spp.  
9. ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species)  
10. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and anima l feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable number 
technique  
11. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and mo ulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products with 
water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
12. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
13. ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
14. EAS 331:2012, Green grams  — Specification  
15. Pulses Grading and Marking Rules, 2003, Schedule V, Grade designation and definition 
of quality of Moong (whole), Ministry of Agriculture, India, 7th April 2004  
16. CODEX STAN 171:1989 (Rev. 1:1995), Standard for Certain Pulses  
17. Aus tralian Pulse Standards, 2012/2013: Mungbeans minimum export standards  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined and notified  
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)  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
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