G/TBT/N/TZA/490  
12 November 2020  
(20-8118) 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):  Food 
products in general (ICS 6 7.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 21 (389) 
CD3 Pre -cooked semi -dried sweet potato chips (matobolwa) - Specification (4 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard prescribes the requirements, methods 
of sampling and testing for pre -cooked semi -dried sweet potato chips (Matobolwa) 
intended for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicab le: Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 109, Food Processing units - Code of hygiene  
• TZS 122 -1:2018/ISO 6579 -1: 2017 - Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal 
method for the detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: 
Detection of Salmonella spp.  
• CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
• TZS 538:2015 (EAS 38:20 14) - Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General 
requirements  
• TZS 731: 2018/ ISO 7251: 2006 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - 
Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia 
coli- Most probable number technique  
• TZS 960:2007/ISO 3593:1981, Starch - Determination of ash  G/TBT/N/TZA/490  
 
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  • TZS 961:2007/ISO 1666:1996, Starch - Determination of moisture content - 
Oven-drying method  
• 1276: 2012 /EAS 771, Fresh sweet potatoes – Specification  
• TZS 2044:2017/ISO 5985:2002 Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of ash 
insoluble in hydrochloric  
• ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
• TZS 2426 -1: 2020/ ISO 21527 -1: 2008 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding 
stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: 
Colony count technique in products with water activity greater than 0.95  
• TZS 2565:2019 Bio fortified Sweet Potato –Specification  
• ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of Crude Fibre Content — 
Modified Scharrer Method  
9. Proposed date o f adoption:  January 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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 95 24 
Dar Es Salaam  
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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