G/TBT/N/TZA/446  
27 April 2020  
(20-3276) 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  
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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fruits and 
derived products (ICS 67.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 12(6596) 
P3 Baobab fruit powder – Specification (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard prescribes requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for Baobab fruit powder (Adansonia digitata) intended for human 
consumption and industrial use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applica ble: Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Codex Stan 192 General Standard for Food Additives  
• TZS 109, Code of hygiene for food processing units — General  
• TZS 113, Code of hygienic practices for processed fruits and vegetables  
• TZS 118, Foodstuffs — General guidance for the Enumeration of microorganisms — 
Colony count technique at 30°C  
• TZS 122 Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
detection of sa lmonella spp  
• TZS 125, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
enumeration of coagulase positive staphylococcus and other species  
• TZS 131, Microbiology — General guidance for enumeration of yeast and mould — 
Colony count techn ique at 25°C  
• TZS 1316: 2017/ ISO 928:1997 Spices and Condiments - Determination of total ash  
• TZS 1318: 2017/ ISO 939:1980 Spice and condiments - Determination of moisture 
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  • TZS 1495, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of copper content  
• TZS 1502, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of arsenic content  
• TZS 1527, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of specific gravity  
• TZS 1581 -1: 2013, Determination of cadmium content – Method graphite furnace 
atomic absor ption spectrometry  
• TZS 1581 -2: 2013, Determination of cadmium content – Method flame atomic 
absorption spectrometry  
• TZS 163, Fruits and vegetables — Sampling  
• TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of 
lead in food stu ffs 
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 538, Packaging and labeling of goods  
• TZS 729, Microbiology — General guidance for the enumeration of coliforms — 
Colony count technique  
• TZS 730 (Part 2): 2002 (1st Ed)  /ISO 16649 (Part 2): 2001 - Microbiology of food 
and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the enumeration of -b-
glucuronidase -positive Escheria coli – Part 2 – Colony -count technique at 44 °C 
using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl -b-D-glucuronide  
• TZS 731: 2007 (2nd Ed) /ISO 7251: 2005 - Microbiolo gy of food and feeding -stuffs 
– Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia 
Coli – Most Probable Number Technique  
• TZS 799, 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 963 (Part 2):2007 (1st Ed), Starch and derived products – Heavy metals 
content – Part 2 – Determination of mercury content by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister for 
Industry, Trade and Investment  
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:   
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  
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