G/TBT/N/TZA/433  
20 April 2020  
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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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.0 60) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 15 
(6770)P3 Pasta products – Specification  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard prescribes the requirements, methods 
of sampling and test for Pasta products which are macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli, noodles 
and similar commodities intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natur e of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
AFDC 15(6523) P3 Bakery products - methods of sampling  
AFDC 15 (6522) P3 bakery products - method of analysis  
AFDC15 (6524) P3 Glossary of terms relating to bakery industry  
TZS 4 - Rounding off numerical values.  
TZS 59 - Water - Distilled quality - Specification  
TZS 76 Methods for determination of arsenic content.  
TZS 109 - Code of hygiene for food processing units - General. 
TZS 111 Bakery 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/ EAS 35 – Fortified food grade 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 – Packaging and labeling of food  
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 – G/TBT/N/TZA/433  
 
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  Colony -count technique at 44 0C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl -b-D-glucuronide  
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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