G/TBT/N/TZA/709  
17 February 2022  
(22-1501) 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;  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo;  
P O BOX 9524;  
Tel: +255 222450206;  
Email: 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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Sweet 
potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets (HS 
071420); Vegetables and derived products (ICS 67.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 21 (393) 
CD3,Orange fle shed sweet potato flour — Specification, First Edition (7 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard prescribes requirements, sampling and 
test methods for orange fleshed sweet potato flour 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  
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 33 0 (EAS 900), Cereals and Pulses – Sampling  
TZS 538 (EAS 38), Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/709  
 
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  TZS 731 (ISO 7251) - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Esche richia coli - Most probable number 
technique  
TZS 961 (1st Ed), Starch – Determination of moisture content – Oven-drying method  
TZS 1581 -2, Determination of cadmium content – Method flame atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
TZS 2044 (ISO 5985), Animal feeding stu ffs – Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric  
TZS 2426 -1 (ISO 21527 -1)- 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 grea ter than 0.95  
FTZS 2473, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of crude ash  
TZS 2565, Bio fortified sweet potato – Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
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 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
 
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs .go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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