G/TBT/N/ TZA/279  
 
24 May 2019  
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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  
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):  Non-
alcoholic beverages (ICS 67.160.20)  
5. Title, number of pages a nd language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC12 (6142) 
P2/TZS 246: 2013 Fruit - Squashes – Specification  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies the requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for fruit squashes intended for human consu mption.  
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:   
• TZS 4: 2009, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 163: 2012, Fruits and vegetables – Sampling  
• TZS 1491:2015 / ISO 1842 -1991 Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of pH  
• TZS 1492:2016 / ISO 2447 -1998 Fruit and vegetable products — Determination 
of tin content  
• TZS 1493:2016/ ISO 5517 -1978 Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Iron 
content -1, 10-Phenanthroline Photometric Method  
• TZS 1495:2016/ ISO 7952 -1994 Fruits, vegetables and derived products 
sampling and methods of test – Part 9: Determination of copper content – Method 
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  • TZS 1496:2016/ ISO 2173 -2003 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – 
Sampling and methods of test – Part 10: Determination of soluble solids  
• TZS 1497:2015/ ISO 5523 -1981 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – 
Sampling and methods o f test – Part 11: Liquid fruit and vegetable products  
• TZS 1498:2015/ ISO 6557/2 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling 
and methods of test – Part 12: Determination of ascorbic acid content - routine 
method  
• TZS 1499:2015/ ISO 6632 -1981 Fruits, v egetables and derived products – 
Sampling and methods of test – Part 13: Determination of volatile acidity  
• TZS 1500:2016/ ISO 6636/2 -1981 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – 
Sampling and methods of test – Part 15: Determination of zinc content - Atonic 
absorption spectrometric method  
• TZS 1488: 2016, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of titratable 
acidity  
• TZS 1502:2016, Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling and methods 
of test Part 14: Determination of arsenic content - Silver d iethyldithocarbamate 
spectrophotometric method  
• TZS 113:2015 Code of hygienic practice for processed fruit and vegetable 
products  
• Codex stan 192 Permitted food additives  
• TZS 131:2010 ISO 21527 -2 Microbiology – General guidance for enumeration of 
yeast and m ould – Colony count technique at 25°C  
• TZS 118:2018  (1st Ed) ISO 4833 -1:2003 - Microbiology of food and animal 
feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms - 
Part 2: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
• TZS 268 :2017  (2nd Ed) General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for 
determination of lead in food and food stuffs  
• TZS 538:2015 -EAS 38:2014 Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General 
requirements  
• TZS 731:2018 (3rd Ed) , Microbiology of food and feeding -stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia Coli – Most 
Probable Number Technique  
• TZS 789:2016/EAS 12:2014 (2nd Ed) Potable water –Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  November 2019  
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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