G/TBT/N/TZA/1021  
24 August 2023  
(23-5711) Page: 1/3 
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  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel. No: +255 22 245 0298/+255 22 245 0206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
Telefax: +255 22 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://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):  Soya bean  
flour and meal (HS code(s): 120810); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 
67.060); Edible full fat soya flour  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 935: 
2023, Edible full fat soybean flour — Specification, Second Edition  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (13 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for edible full fat soybean flour obtained from soybean(Glycine 
max(L.) Merr) for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems wher e 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization ; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/TZA/1021  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. ARS 872, Dry soybeans — Specification  
4. AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
5. AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
6. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
7. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for  food additives  
8. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
9. ISO 3310 -1, Test sieves — Technical requirements and testing — Part 1: Test sieves 
of metal wire cloth  
10. ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal f eeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 °C  
11. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
12. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs  — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
13. ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species)  
14. ISO  7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable number 
technique  
15. ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determin ation of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
16. ISO 14902, Animal feeding staffs — Determination of trypsin inhibitor activity of soya 
products  
17. ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
18. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
19. ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
20. EAS CD/T/95/2012, Edible full fat soya flour — Specification  
21. In dian Standard, IS 7837:1999, Specification for edible full -fat soya flour  
22. Gandhi, A. P. 2009. Review Article: Quality of soybean and its food products. 
International Food Research Journal 16: 11 -19 (2009)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined and notified  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/TZA/1021  
 
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  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 95 24 
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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