G/SPS/N/TZA/326  
23 January 2024  
(24-0486) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Cereals (excl. wheat and meslin, rye, barley, oats, maize, rice, grain 
sorghum, buckwheat, millet, canary seeds, fonio, quinoa and triticale) (HS code(s): 
100890); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DARS 1349:2023, Amaranth grains – Specification, First 
edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  9 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/TZA/24_00572_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This African Standard specifies the requirements and methods of 
sampling and test of whole grains of amaranth ( Amaranthus hypochondaricus  and 
A. cruentus  and any other variety duly approved as a grain amaranth species) intended for 
human consumption.  
Note: This Draft African St andard was also notified under TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a r elevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code , chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/TZA/326  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. ARS 56, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Requirements  
2. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
3. ISO 24333, Cereals a nd pulses — Sampling  
4. ISO 712, Determination of Moisture content in cereals and cereals product  
5. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
6. ISO 16649 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of β -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 1: Colony -count 
technique at 44 °C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl β -D-glucuronide  
7. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
8. ISO 21527 -2, 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  
9. ISO 1871, Food and feed products — General guidelines for the determination of 
nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method  
10. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminan ts and toxins in food and 
feed 
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 March 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz