G/TBT/N/TZA/277  
 
24 May 2019  
(19-3600) 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  
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 page s and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC12 (5983) 
P2/TZS 1351: 2010 Flavoured drink in solid form — Specification (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for fl avoured drink in solid form containing nutritive sweeteners 
intended for direct human consumption as a ready to drink beverage after reconstitution 
with potable water.  
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 59:2010 (2nd Ed.) water for analytical Laboratory use — specification and 
test method  
• TZS 101:2017, Refined sugar — Specification  
• TZS 109:2008, General code of hygiene for food processing units  
• Codex stan 192 Permissible food additives and levels of use — Schedule  
• TZS 118:2018, Microbiologyof food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
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  • TZS 119:2018, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for detection and enumeration of coliforms — Most probable number 
technique (MPN)  
• TZS 131:2010 (2nd Ed) , Micro biology of food and animal feeding stuff: General 
guidance for enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Colony Count technique at 
25°C 
• TZS 163:2012, Fresh fruits and vegetable products — Methods of sampling and 
tests 
• TZS 538:2015, Labelling of pre -packaged foods  — General requirements  
• TZS 789:2016 -EAS 12:2014 , Potable water specification  
• TZS 1318:2010, Spices and condiments — Determination of moisture content — 
Entrainment method  
• TZS 1492:2016 / ISO 2447 -1998 Fruit and vegetable products — Determination 
of tin c ontent  
• TZS 1495:2016 / ISO 7952 -1994 Fruits, vegetables and derived products 
sampling and methods of test – Part 9: Determination of copper content – Method 
using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• TZS 1502:2016 Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Sampling and methods 
of test Part 14: Determination of arsenic content - Silver diethyldithocarbamate 
spectrophotometric method  
• TZS 268:2017  (2nd Ed) General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for 
determination of lead in food and food stuffs  
• AOAC  971.21:2000  (17th Ed) Mercury in food flameless Atomic absorption method  
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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