G/TBT/N/TZA/788  
10 June 2022  
(22-4373) 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 867,Dry 
cowpeas — Specification,Second Edition; (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This African Standard specifies the requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for dry cowpeas of the varieties (cultivars) grown from Vigna 
unguiculata (L.) Sync. Vigna sinensis (L.) intended for human consumption. It does not 
apply to processed cowpeas.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
ARS 56, Pre -packaged foods — Labelling  
ISO 27085,  Determination of calcium, sodium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron, 
zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum, arsenic, lead and cadmium by ICP -AES 
CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
ISO 605, Pulses  — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and species 
and variety — Test methods  G/TBT/N/TZA/788  
 
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  ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
EAS 755:2012, Cowpeas — Specification Pulses Grading and Marking Rules, 2003, 
Schedule XIX, Grade designation and definition of quality of Lobia, Ministry of Agriculture,  
MBS 242:1991, Cowpeas — Specification  
CODEX STAN 171:1989 (Rev. 1:1995), Standard for Certain Pulses  
Australi an Pulse Standards, 2012/2013 — Caloona / Poona cowpeas minimum export 
standard  
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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