G/TBT/N/TZA/743  
25 April 2022  
(22-3256) 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;  
Telephone: +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 [X], 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):  Cartons, 
boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard (HS code(s): 481910); Packaging 
and distribution of goods in general (ICS code(s): 55.020)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  GDC 4 (195) 
DTZS, Sharps container - Specification, 1st Edition; (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements and test 
methods for sharps containers intended to hold potentially infectious medical waste 
comprised largely of devices, which can readily cause physical injury, e.g. scalpels, 
blades, hypodermic nee dles and syringes. This Tanzania Standard covers sharps container 
that are supplied complete by the manufacturer and those that are supplied as 
components intended to be assembled by the user. No limitation in size of containers is 
specified in this Tanzan ia Standard and no requirements are included for materials of 
construction. However, the materials used should be such that the containers can be 
disposed by incineration.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 993 -2: 2007/ISO 7886 -2:2020 Sterile hypodermic syringes for single use - 
part 2: syringes for use with power -driven syringe pumps  
• TZS 2165:2018/ISO 31000 Risk ma nagement -Guidelines.  G/TBT/N/TZA/743  
 
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  • TZS 517:1992/ISO 2248:1985 Packaging - Complete, filled transport packages - 
Vertical impact test by dropping. T  
• ZS 501: 2010, Quality management systems – Requirements  
• TZS 504: 2010, Managing for the sustained success of an Organization - A quality 
management approach  
• ISO 23907 -1:2019 Sharps injury protection — requirements and test methods — 
part 1: single -use sharps containers  
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 [ ] 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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