G/TBT/N/TZA/955  
4 May 2023  
(23-3149) 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 (TBS)  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  
Tel: +255 222450206,  
E- mail: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Other oil 
seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken (excl. edible nuts, olives, s oya beans, 
groundnuts, copra, linseed, rape or colza seeds and sunflower seeds) (HS code(s): 1207); 
Oilseeds (ICS code(s): 67.200.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 19(1706), 
Almond Flour – Specification; (5 page( s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and methods of test for almond flour obtained from sweet almond kernels of varieties 
(cultivars) grown from Prunus amygdalus Batsch, syn. Prunus dulcis (Mill.) intended for 
human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
TZS 109, Food processing units – Code of hygiene – General  
TZS 118 -1 /ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
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  TZS 122 -1 /ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella 
spp. 
TZS 538, Packaging and labeling of foods  
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  
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  
TZS 3136, Raw almond  kernels – Specification  
TZS 799/ISO 16050, Foodstuffs – Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products – High-performance 
liquid chromatographic method  
TZS 1314 – 2, Oilseeds – Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
TZS 1314 – 4, Oilseeds – Determination of acidity of oils  
TZS 2624, Oilseeds Residues - Determination of total ash  
TZS 330, Cereals — Sampling of milled products  
TZS 3420, Oilseed Residues — Determination of Ash Insoluble in Hydrochloric Acid  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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