G/TBT/N/TZA/321  
23 October 2019  
(19-6970) 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 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):  Starch 
and derived products (ICS 67.180.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 991:2019 
Stingless bee honey — Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test 
methods for stingless bee honey produced by subfamily Meliponinae intended for direct 
human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC  Official method 985.16 determination of Tin in canned foods — Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometric Method  
• AOAC 920.181 Determination of Ash content of Honey  
• AOAC Official Method 920.183 Sugars (Reducing) in Honey  
• AOAC 920.184 Determination of Sucrose in H oney 
• AOAC 958.09 Determination of Diastase Activity  
• AOAC 962.19 Determination of Acidity (Free, Lactone, and Total)  
• AOAC 969.38b Determination of Moisture Content  G/TBT/N/TZA/321  
 
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  • AOAC 980.23 Determination of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) content  
• AOAC Official Method 983.20 Mercury (Methyl) in Fish and Shellfish Gas 
Chromatographic Method  
• AOAC Official method 999.11 Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron and 
Zinc in Foods — Atomic Absorptions Spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged food -general requirement  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drinks manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
• ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for detection and enumeration of coliforms — Most probable number technique  
• ISO 66 34, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic 
content — Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
• ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and mould s — Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  March 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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