G/TBT/N/TZA/890  
24 January 2023  
(23-0568) 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:   
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):  Prepared 
foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes 
and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals (HS code(s): 190420); Cereals, pulses and 
derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 15(1930), 
Manda (Dough sheets ) – specification; (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard prescribes safety and quality 
requirements, sampling and tests method for Manda (dough sheets) intended for further 
processing to render it suitable for human con sumption.  
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:   
• Codex Stan 192 General standard for food additives  
• TZS 4 Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 109 Code of hygiene for food processing units – General  
• TZS 111 bakery units - code of practices.  G/TBT/N/TZA/890  
 
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  • TZS 122 -2/ISO/TS 6579 -2 Microbiology of food an d animal feed — horizontal 
method for the detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 2: 
Enumeration by a miniaturized most probable number technique.  
• TZS 132/EAS 35 Fortified food grade salt — Specification  
• TZS 331/EAS 901 Cereals – Milled products – Method of test  
• TZS 439 -1/ EAS: 1Wheat flour – Specification  
• TZS 439 -2/ EAS: 767 Fortified wheat flour – specification  
• TZS 538/EAS 38 Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• TZS 730 - 2)/(1st Ed) ISO 16649 -2: Microbiology of food and animal feeding 
stuffs – Horizontal method for the enumeration of -b-glucuronidase -positive 
Escherichia coli – Part 2 – Colony -count technique at 44 0C using 5 -bromo -4-
chloro -3-indolyl -b-D-glucuronide  
• TZS 789:/EAS 12: Potable water — Specification  
• TZS 2426 -1/ISO 21527 -1Microbiology 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 2753 Bakery products - methods of sampling  
• TZS 2752: Bakery products - methods of analysis  
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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