G/TBT/N/TZA/888  
11 January 2023  
(23-0294) 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:   
Zanzibar Bureau of Standards (ZBS)  
PO Box 1136  
Zanzibar  
Tel: +255 24 2232225  
Fax: +255 24 2232225  
E-mail: info@zbs.go.tz  
Web: www.zbs.go.tz  
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):  Food 
preparations, n.e.s. (HS code(s): 210690); Sugar and sugar products (ICS code(s): 
67.180.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the n otified document:  PCD 442: 2023. 
Halwa - Specification, First edition; (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft standard specifies requirements, method of sampling 
and test for halwa intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of animal or plant life or health; 
Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 896.02, Sucrose in sugars and syrups. Double dilution  
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food — Silver diethyldibocarbamate method  G/TBT/N/TZA/888  
 
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  • AOAC 996.06 Fat (total, Saturated, and Unsaturated) in foods  
• AOAC 999.1 Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and iron in foods. Atomic absorptio n 
spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
• CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
• CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
• ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate 
technique  
• ISO 4833 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 2: Colony count at 30 °C by the surface 
plating technique  
• ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
• ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
• ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
• ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and a nimal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
• ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and mo ulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
• ZNS 61, Packaging and labeling of food  
• ZNS 94, Rounding off numerical values  
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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