G/TBT/N/TZA/431  
20 April 2020  
(20-3128) 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):  Ice cream 
and ice confectionery (ICS 67.100.40 ) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 15(6519) 
P3 Ice cream cone - Specification (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies the requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for ice cream cones suitable for filling ice cream.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Pro tection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
AFDC 15(6523) P3 Bakery products - methods of sampling  
AFDC 15(6522) P3 Bakery products - methods of analysis  
CODEX STAN 192 Codex General Standard for food additives  
TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
TZS 59, Water - Distilled quality - Specification.  
TZS 76 General method for determination of arsenic silver diethyldithiocarmate 
photometric method  
TZS 100, Plantation white sugar - Specification.  
TZS 109, Bakery and biscuit manufacturing units - Code of hygiene  
TZS 122 -2/ISO/TS 6579 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feed — horizontal method 
for the detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 2: Enumeration by 
a miniaturized most probable number technique.  
TZS 132, Edible com mon salt - Specification  
TZS 268, General atomic absorption - Spectrophotometric method for determination of 
lead in food stuffs  
TZS 439, Wheat flour - Specification  
TZS 538/EAS 38 Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
TZS 730 -2/ ISO 16649  -2: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of -b-glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli – Part 2 – 
Colony -count technique at 44 0C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl -b-D-glucuronide  G/TBT/N/TZA/431  
 
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  TZS 789/ EAS 12 Potable wa ter - Specification  
TZS 1581 -1 Determination of cadmium content – Method graphite furnace atomic 
absorption spectrometry  
TZS 2426 -2:/ISO 21527 -2: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister 
for Industry, Trade and Investment  
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:   
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  
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