G/TBT/N/TZA/1017  
24 August 2023  
(23-5706) Page: 1/3 
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  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel. No: +255 22 245 0298/+255 22 245 0206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
Telefax: +255 22 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://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):  Wheat or 
meslin flour. (HS code(s): 1101); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 
67.060); Wheat flour  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 470:2023, 
Wheat flour — Specification, Third Edition  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (20 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, test 
methods and sampling for wheat flour prepared from common wheat ( Triticum aestivum 
L.) or club wheat ( Triticum compactum  Host), or their mixtures intended for human 
consumption.  
This revised standard has incorporated the specific compositional requirements for wheat 
flour. The standard prescribes the permissible levels of food additives in wheat flour. 
Microbiological requirements for wheat flour have also been stipulated.  
This African Standard is a technical revision of the second edition ARS 470:2016(E), 
Wheat flour — Specification which is hereby superseded and cancelled.  G/TBT/N/TZA/1017  
 
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  7. Objective an d rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Protectio n of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. ARS 465, Wheat — Specification  
4. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
5. CODEX STAN 150, Standard for food grade salt  
6. ISO 1871, Food and feed products — General guidelines for the determination of 
nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method  
7. ISO 2171, Dete rmination of ash content  
8. ISO 2591 -1, Test sieving — Part 1: Methods using test sieves of woven wire cloth and 
perforated metal plate  
9. ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees C  
10. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination crude fibre content — General 
method  
11. ISO 6540, Maize — Determination of moisture content (on milled grains and on whole 
grains)  
12. ISO 6579, Microbiology o f food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
13. ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus a ureus 
and other species)  
14. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-performance 
liquid chromatographic method  
15. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology o f food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -count 
technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
16. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of f ood and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products with 
water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
17. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
18. EAS 1:2012, Whe at flour — Specification  
19. CODEX STAN 152 -1985 (Rev. 1 - 1995), CODEX Standard for wheat flour  
20. Department of Agriculture, Regulation Gazette No. 30782, 22 February 2008, 
Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990), Regulations rela ting to 
the grading, packing and marking of wheat products intended for sale in the Republic of 
South Africa  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined and notified  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/TZA/1017  
 
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  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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