G/TBT/N/TZA/945  
4 May 2023 
(23-3123) 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 (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):  
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding (excl. d og or cat food put up for retail sale) 
(HS code(s): 230990); Animal feeding stuffs (ICS code(s): 65.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 9 (1530), 
Limestone for animal feed – Specification; (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Tanzania standard specifies requirements, methods 
of sampling and test for limestone intended for use as a mineral supplement in animal 
feeds  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of animal or plant life or health; 
Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4 – Rounding off numerical values.  
• TZS 34 -3 – Animal  feeds and feeding stuffs – Part 3 – Microbiological test 
methods.  
• TZS 34 -2 – Animal feeds and feeding stuffs – Sampling and test methods – Part 
2: Minerals and trace elements.  
• TZS 34 -1 – Animal feeds and feeding stuffs – Part 1 Sampling and general 
methods.  G/TBT/N/TZA/945  
 
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  • TZS 76 – General method for determination of Arsenic silver diethyldithiocarmate 
photometric method.  
• TZS 109 – Food Processing units – code of hygiene – General.  
• TZS 268 – General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for 
determination of lead in food stuffs  
• TZS 538:1999 – Packaging and labeling of foods  
• TZS 821 – Animal feeds and feeding stuffs – Preparation of test samples. ISO 
5985 – Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid.  
• AOAC 2006.0 3-2009 – Arsenic, 
Cadmium,Cobalt,Chromium,Lead,Molybdenum,Nickel,and selenium in fertilizers  
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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