G/SPS/N/TZA/357  
17 May 2024  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Natural honey (HS code(s): 0409); Processes in the food industry 
(ICS code(s): 67.020); Honey butter  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  TBS/ AFDC 17 (2279) DTZS:2024, Honey butter - 
Specification, First Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  7 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/TZA/24_03248_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard prescribes the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for honey butter intended for human consumption. This standard does 
not cover honey milk butter (mixture of honey and milk butter).  
Note: This Draft Tanzania Standard was also notified under T BT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] Internat ional Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/TZA/357  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. AOAC 999.1, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination 
of lead in food and food stuffs  
2. CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
3. TZS 1326, Animal and vegetable fats and oils determination of moisture and volatile 
matter content  
4. ISO 7305, Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
5. ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of coliforms — Most probable number technique  
6. TZS 131, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff – General guidance for 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds – Colony count technique at 25 degree Centigrade  
7. TZS 1502, Fruits, vegeta bles and derived products — sampling and methods of test 
Part 14: Determination of arsenic content — Silver diethyldithocarbamate 
spectrophotometric method.  
8. ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 2: Me thod using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
9. TZS 3420, Oilseed residues ― Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
10. TZS 109, Food processing units — Codes of hygiene  
11. TZS 122, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the detection 
of Salmonella spp. 
12. TZS 125 (Part 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  
13. TZS 131, Microbiol ogy of food and animal feeding stuff – General guidance for 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds – Colony count technique at 25 degree Centigrade  
14. TZS 538, Packaging and labelling of foods  
15. TZS 731, Microbiology of food and feeding -stuffs – Horizontal method for  the detection 
and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia Coli – Most Probable Number Technique  
16. TZS 3459, determination of Ash of honey  
17. TZS 3460, determination of reducing sugar in honey  
18. TZS 3461, Determination of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) content  
19. TZS 85 1, Honey - specification  
20. TZS 119, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
detection and enumeration of Coliforms – Most probable number technique  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 16 July 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P.O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  G/SPS/N/TZA/357  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P.O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 245 0959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz