G/TBT/N/TZA/710  
17 February 2022  
(22-1537) 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 fa x 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):  Fresh, 
chilled, frozen  or dried roots and tubers of manioc "cassava", whether or not sliced or in 
the form of pellets (HS 071410); Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 21 (1178) 
CD3,Cassava sorghum  composite flour — Specification, First Edition (6 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard prescribes requirements, sampling and 
test methods for cassava sorghum composite flour 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 109, Food Processing units - Code of hygiene  
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 Salmonella 
spp. 
TZS 125 -3 / ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) - Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  G/TBT/N/TZA/710  
 
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  TZS 330 (EAS 900), Ce reals and Pulses – Sampling  
TZS 465 (3rd Ed), Dried cassava chips — Specification  
TZS 466(3rd Ed), Cassava flour — Specification  
TZS 472: 2010 (3rd Ed), Cassava and cassava products — Determination of total 
cyanogen's — Enzymatic assay method  
TZS 538 /EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
TZS 731/ ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable number 
technique  
TZS 765, Sorghum flour – Specification  
TZS 799 (3rd Ed)/ISO 16050, Foodstuffs -Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total 
content of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products - High 
performance liquid chromatographic method TZS 961/ISO 1666 , Starch - Determination 
of moisture content - Oven-drying method  
TZS 1581 -2, Determination of cadmium content – Method flame atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
TZS 2044/ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric  
TZS 2426 -1/ ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity greater than 0.95 ISO 9648, Sorghum — Determination of 
tannin conten t 
ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — General 
method  
CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standards for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
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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