G/SPS/N/TZA/298  
24 August 2023  
(23-5703) Page: 1/3 
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  
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):  Wheat or meslin flour (HS code(s): 1101); Cereals, pulses and 
derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060); Wheat flour  
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:  DARS 470: 2023, Wheat flour — Specification, Third 
Edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/TZA/23_11999_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, test 
methods and sampling for wheat flour prepared from common wheat 
(Triticum  aestivum  L.) or club wheat ( Triticum compactum  Host), or their mixtures 
intended for human consumption.  
This revised standard has incorporat ed the specific compositional requirements for wheat 
flour. The standard prescribes the permissible levels of food additives in wheat flour. 
Microbiological requirements for wheat flour have also been stipulated.  
This African Standard is a technical revisi on of the second edition ARS 470:2016(E), Wheat 
flour — Specification which is hereby superseded and cancelled.  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also notified under TBT 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) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/TZA/298  
 
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  [ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. ARS 465, Wheat — Specification  
4. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
5. CODEX STAN 150, Standard for food grade salt  
6. ISO 1871, Food and feed prod ucts — General guidelines for the determination of 
nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method  
7. ISO 2171, Determination of ash content  
8. ISO 2591 -1, Test sieving — Part 1: Methods using test sieves of woven wire cloth and 
perforated metal plate  
9. ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees C  
10. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination crude fibre content — General 
method  
11. ISO 6540, Maize — Determination of m oisture content (on milled grains and on whole 
grains)  
12. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
13. ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
metho d for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus 
aureus  and other species)  
14. 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  
15. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli  — Part 2: Colony -
count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro-3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
16. 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  
17. ISO 24333,  Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
18. EAS 1:2012, Wheat flour — Specification  
19. CODEX STAN 152 -1985 (Rev. 1 - 1995), CODEX Standard for wheat flour  
20. Department of Agriculture, Regulation Gazette No. 30782, 22 February 2008, 
Agricultural Product Standards Ac t, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990), Regulations relating to 
the grading, packing and marking of wheat products intended for sale in the Republic 
of South Africa  
(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   G/SPS/N/TZA/298  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 October 2023  
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.t z 
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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