G/TBT/N/TZA/449  
28 April 2020  
(20-3305) 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):  Fruits and 
derived products (ICS 67.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 12(6588) 
P3 Tamarind (ukwaju) pulp – Specification (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard prescribes the requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for tamarind pulp, obtained from the mature fruits of Tamarindus indica  
intended for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems wh ere 
applicable:  Consu mer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Codex Stan 192 General Standard for Food Additives  
• TZS 109, Code of hygiene for food processing units — General  
• TZS 113, Code of hygienic practices for processed fruits and vegetables  
• TZS 118, Foodstuffs — General guidance for the Enumeration of microorganisms — 
Colony count technique at 30°C  
• TZS 122: 2018 (1st ed) / ISO 6579:2017 Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method fo r the detection of salmonella spp  
• TZS 125, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
enumeration of coagulase positive staphylococcus and other species  
• TZS 131, Microbiology — General guidance for enumeration of yeast and mould  — 
Colony count technique at 25°C 289.  
• TZS 1315:2017/ ISO 927:2009 Spice and Condiments - Determination of Extraneous 
matter and foreign matter content  
• TZS 1326: 2010 (1st Ed) / ISO 662: 1998 Animal and vegetable fats and oils - 
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  • TZS 1488:2016/ ISO 750:1998 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling 
and methods of test – Part 2: Determination of titratable acidy  
• TZS 1495, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of copper content  
• TZS 1502, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of arsenic content  
• TZS 1503:2016/ ISO 763 -2003 Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of ash 
insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
• TZS 1527, Fruits and vegetables — Determination of specific gravity  
• TZS 1581 -1: 2013, De termination of cadmium content – Method graphite furnace 
atomic absorption spectrometry  
• TZS 1581 -2: 2013, Determination of cadmium content – Method flame atomic 
absorption spectrometry  
• TZS 163, Fruits and vegetables — Sampling  
• TZS 268, General atomic absor ption spectrophotometric method for determination of 
lead in food stuffs  
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 538, Packaging and labeling of goods  
• TZS 729, Microbiology — General guidance for the enumeration of coliforms — 
Colony count technique  
• TZS 730 (Part 2): 2002 (1st Ed)/  ISO 16649 (Part 2): 2001 - Microbiology of food 
and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the enumeration of -b-
glucuronidase -positive Escheria coli – Part 2 – Colony -count technique at 44 °C 
using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl-b-D-glucuronide  
• TZS 731: 2007 (2nd Ed)/ISO 7251: 2005 - Microbiology of food and feeding -stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia 
Coli – Most Probable Number Technique  
• TZS 799 (2nd Ed)/ISO 16050: 2003 Food stuffs – 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 963 (Part 2):2007 (1st Ed), Starch and derived products – Heavy metals 
content – Part 2 – Determination of mercury content by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
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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