G/TBT/N/TZA/139/Rev.1  
 
20 November  2020 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
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):  Beverages 
(ICS 67.160 ) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC13 (531) 
P3/Rev.TZS 1654:2013 LIQUEURS — SPECIFICATION (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and testing for liqueurs  
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:   
• TZS 4 Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 59 Water — Distilled quality — Specification  
• TZS 76 Methods for determination of arsenic  
• TZS 109 Food processing units — Code of hygiene  
• TZS 118 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
enumeration of microorganisms — Colony count technique at 30ºC  
• TZS 119 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of coliforms -most probable number technique  
• CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
• TZS 268 General atomic absorption — Spectrophotometric method for 
determinati on of lead in food stuffs  
• TZS 471 Methods of sampling and test for alcoholic beverages  G/TBT/N/TZA/139/Rev.1  
 
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  • TZS 538 Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• TZS 1018 Neutral (fine) spirit — Specification  
• TZS 1495:2016/ ISO 7952 -1994 Fruits, vegetables and derived products 
Sampling and methods of test – Part 9: Determination of copper content – Method  
• TZS 1502:2016/ ISO 6634 -1982 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – 
Sampling and methods of test Part 14: Determination of arsenic content - Silver 
diethyld ithocarbamate  spectrophotometric method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2021  
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 or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
Contact person(s):  
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujo ma 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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