G/TBT/N/TZA/416  
30 March 2020  
(20-2523) 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):  
Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 15 (6538) 
P3/REV.TZS 584:2003 Wafers – Specification (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for wafers intended for direct human consumption. This standard applies  
to plain, modified, sandwiched and coated wafers.  
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:   
• Codex standard 192 General Standard for food additives  
• TZS 4 Rounding off numerical values.  
• TZS 76 Method for determination of arsenic.  
• TZS 109 Food processing units – Code of hygiene  
• TZS 111 Bakery and biscuit manufacturing units – Code of hyg iene. 
• 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 
technique  
• TZS 122 -1/ISO 6579 -1 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of 
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  • TZS 268: General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of 
lead in foods and foodstuffs.  
• TZS 439 -1/ EAS: 1 Wheat flour – Specification  
• TZS 439 -2/ EAS: 767 Fortified wheat flour – specification  
• TZS 730 -2/ISO 16649 -2: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of -b-glucuronidase -positive Escherichia 
coli – Part 2 – Colony -count technique at 44 0C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl -
b-D-glucuronide  
• TZS 789:/EAS 12: Potable water — Specification  
• TZS 2426 -2: 2019/ ISO 21527 -2 Microbiology of food 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  
• TZS 2441 Baking powder – specification  
• AFDC 15(6523) Bakery products - methods of sampling  
• AFDC 15(6522) Bakery products - methods of analysis  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  May 2020  
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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