G/TBT/N/TZA/539  
24 March 2021  
(21-2419) 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  
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):  Furniture 
(ICS 97.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  CDC 11 ( 301) 
DTZS Flexible polyurethane foam mattresses - Specification (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods of flexible polyurethane foam mattresses.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requir ements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 20/ISO 13934 -2, Textiles - Tensile properties of fabrics — Part 2: 
Determination of maximum force using the grab method  
• TZS 22/ ISO 13934 -1, Textile - Tensile properties of fabrics - Part 1: 
Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the 
strip method  
• TZS 43/ ISO 105 -C10, Methods for the determination of colour fastness of 
textile Materials to washing  
• TZS 138/ ISO 105 -D01, Method for determination of colour fastness of textile 
materials to dry cleaning  
• TZS 359, Methods of test and sampling for Flexible polyurethane foam  
• KS 376: Part 0:2013 Specification for flexible polyurethane foams, published by 
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
• KS 376: Part 1:2013 Specific ation for flexible polyurethane (polyether) foams, 
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  • IS 1051: 2018 Specification for flexible polyurethane foam for domestic 
mattresses, published by India Bureau of Standards  
• SABS 1291: Part 1 Mattresses having unsupported polymeric covers, published 
by South African Bureau of Standards  
• SABS 1291: Part 2: 1993 Foam mattresses for domestic and hotel use, 
published by South African Bureau of Standards  
• BS 1877: Part 10: 2011, Specification for mattresses and bumpers  for children's 
cots, perambulators and similar domestic articles, published by British 
Standards Institution Various specifications of local spring mattresses 
manufacturing companies  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2021  
Proposed date of entry into for ce: 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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