G/TBT/N/TZA/701  
20 January 2022  
(22-0458) 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 num bers, 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):  Fixed 
vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically 
modified (excl. soya -bean, groundnut, olive, palm, sunflower -seed, safflower, 
cotton  - seed, coconut, palm kernel, babassu, rape, colza and mustard, linseed, mai ze, 
castor and sesame oil) (HS 151590); Spices and condiments (ICS 67.220.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 7(883) 
CD3, Chili oil –– Specification, First Edition (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content : This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, sampling and 
method of test for chili oil intended for human consumption.  
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 33, Spices and condiments - Sampling  
TZS 109, Food processing units – Code of hygiene  
TZS 118-1/ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate 
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  TZS 122 -1/ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detectio n, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella 
spp. 
TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of lead 
in food stuffs  
TZS 538 (EAS 38:2014), Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General require ments  
TZS 730 - 2 (1st Ed) ISO 16649 (Part 2), Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 1: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-
indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
TZS 1320: 2017/ ISO 6571:2008, Spice, condiments and herbs - Determination of volatile 
oil content (hydrodistillation method)  
TZS 1324:2010 (1st Ed) ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination 
of peroxide value — Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
TZS 1488:2016/ ISO 750:1998 Fruits, vegetables  and derived products – Sampling and 
methods of test – Part 2: Determination of titratable acidy  
TZS 1491, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of pH  
TZS 1501 / ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling and methods 
of test – Part 16: De termination of mercury content – Flameless atomic absorption 
method  
TZS 1502, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Arsenic content  
TZS 2426 -1 / ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeast s and moulds - Part 1: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity greater than 0.95  
ISO 3513 , Chilies — Determination of Scoville index  
Codex Stan 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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  
 
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
 
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