G/TBT/N/TZA/861  
28 November 2022  
(22-8848) 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):  - Other 
cheese (HS code(s): 040690); Cheese (ICS code(s): 67.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 14 (1683), 
Caciotta cheese – Specification; (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard specifies requirements, sampling and 
test methods for Caciotta cheese intended for d irect human consumption or for further 
processing.  
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 109 - Food processing units – code of hygiene  
TZS 112 – Milk – Production, processing, transportation and distribution – code of 
hygiene.  
TZS 118 - Microbiol ogy of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
enumeration of micro – organisms – Colony count technique at 30ºC  
TZS 119 – Microbiology – General guidance for the enumeration of coliforms – Most 
Probable Number technique (MPN).  G/TBT/N/TZA/861  
 
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  TZS 124 - Milk and milk products – sampling for microbiological examination.  
TZS 131 - Microbiology - General guidance for enumeration of yeast and moulds – Colony 
count technique at 25ºC.  
TZS 450 - Cheese methods of sampling and test.  
TZS 538 – Packaging and labeling of foods  
TZS 731:2007 / ISO 7251:2005 – Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most Probable 
Number Technique  
TZS 125 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
enumeration of coagulase – positive staphylococci(Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) TZS 122 – Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
detection of salmonella spp  
TZS 1292 Cheese and processed cheese p roducts -- Determination of fat content -- 
Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
TZS 1290:2010 Cheese and processed cheese products -- Determination of chloride 
content by Polari metric titration method  
TZS 1326:2010 – Animal and vegetable fats and oil – Determination of moisture and 
volatile matter  
TZS 252 Butter Specification  
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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