G/TBT/N/TZA/706  
21 January 2022  
(22-0464) 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 n umbers , 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):  
Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit -peel and other edible parts of plants, preserved by sugar 
"drained, glacé or crystallised" (HS 2006); Spices and condiments (ICS 67.220.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 7(1261) 
CD3, Crystallized ginger –– Specificat ion, First Edition (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, sampling and 
method of test for crystallized ginger.  
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 
spp. 
TZS 268, G eneral atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of lead 
in food stuffs  
TZS 538 (EAS 38:2014), Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/706  
 
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  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 B 1, and the total 
content of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products – High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
TZS 1318/ ISO 939, Spices and condiments — Determination of moisture content — 
Entrainment method  
TZS 1501/ ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling and methods 
of test – Part 16: Determination of mercury content – Flameless atomic absorption 
method TZS 1502, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Arsenic content  
TZS 1503, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Ash Insoluble in Hydrochloric Acid  
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 ac tivity 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 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
 
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
 
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