G/TBT/N/TZA/843  
9 November 2022  
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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 
animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically  
modified. (HS code(s): 1506); Oilseeds (ICS code(s): 67.200.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 04(1459), 
Unrefined shea butter – Specification; (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania sta ndard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and testing methods for unrefined shea butter intended for direct human consumption, 
or as an ingredient in the manufacture of food products.  
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 54, Animal and Vegetab le fats and oils – Sampling  
TZS 76, Methods for determination of arsenic  
TZS 109, Food processing units – Code of hygiene — General  
TZS 268, General atomic absorption – Spectro – Photometric method for determination 
of lead in food stuffs  G/TBT/N/TZA/843  
 
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  TZS 288 Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Analysis by gas chromatography of methyl 
ester of fatty acids  
TZS 538 , Packaging and labeling of foods  
TZS 1324, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of peroxide value -
Iodometric (visual) end poin t determination  
TZS 1325, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of saponification value  
TZS 1326, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of moisture and volatile 
matter  
TZS 1327, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of iodine value  
TZS 1328, Essential oils – Determination of relative density at 20 °C – Reference method  
TZS 1329, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of refractive index  
TZS 1331, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determina tion of acid value and acidity  
TZS 1332, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of unsaponifiable matter -
method using diethyl ether extraction  
TZS 1333, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of melting point in open 
capillary tubes  (slip point)  
TZS 1336, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of insoluble impurities 
content  
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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