G/TBT/N/TZA/757  
4 May 2022  
(22-3497) 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: info@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):  Tableware 
and kitchenware, of wood other than bamboo ( excl. interior fittings, ornaments, coopers' 
products, tableware and kitchenware components of wood, brushes, brooms and hand 
sieves) (HS code(s): 441990); Materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs (ICS 
code(s): 67.250)  
5. Title, number of pages a nd language(s) of the notified document:  CDC 10 (443) 
DTZS, Bamboo drinking straw — Specification, 1st Edition; (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Tanzania Standard specifies the requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for ba mboo drinking straws. It applies to naturally grown 
bamboo species.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 83: -ISO 287; Paper and board — Determination of moisture content of a lot 
— Ovendrying method  
• TZS 118 /ISO 4833, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 °C  
• TZS 125 -1/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  
• TZS 730 -1: 2020 / ISO 16649 -1:2018 Colony count technique at 44 0 C using 
membranes and 5 -Bromo -4-Chloro -3-Indolyl b -D-glucuronide  G/TBT/N/TZA/757  
 
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  • ISO 4046: Paper, board, pulps and related terms - Vocabulary ISO 8784 -1, Pulp, 
paper and board — Microbiological examination — Part 1: Total count of bacteria, 
yeast, mould based on disintegra tion 
• ISO 13302, Sensory analysis — Methods for assessing modifications to the flavour 
of foodstuffs due to packaging  
• ISO 13914, Soil quality — Determination of dioxins and furans and dioxin -like 
polychlorinated biphenyls by gas chromatography with hi gh-resolution mass 
selective detection (GC/HRMS)  
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 Nuj oma 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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