G/TBT/N/TZA/491  
12 November 2020  
(20-8119) 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 (395) 
CD3 Dried cassava pellets — Specification (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard prescribes requirements, methods of 
sampling and testing for dried cassava pellets.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health o r 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  
• TZS 465: 2010 (3rd Ed), Dried cassava chips — Specification  
• TZS 472: 2010 (3rd Ed), Cassava and cassava products — Determination of total 
cyanogen's — Enzymatic assay method  
• TZS 538:2015 (EAS 38:2014) - Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General 
requirements  
• TZS 731: 2018/ ISO 7251: 2006 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding s tuffs- 
Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia 
coli- Most probable number technique  
• TZS 961:2017 (1st Ed), Starch – Determination of moisture content – 
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  • TZS 963 (Part 1):2017 (1st Ed), Starch and der ived products – Heavy metals 
content – Part 1 – Determination of arsenic content by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
• TZS 963 (Part 2):2017 (1st Ed), Starch and derived products – Heavy metals 
content – Part 2 – Determination of mercury content by atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
• TZS 963 (Part 3):2017 (1st Ed), Starch and derived products – Heavy metals 
content – Part 3 – Determination of lead content by atomic absorption 
spectrometry with electro -thermal atomization  
• TZS 963 (Part 4):2017 (1st Ed), St arch and derived products – Heavy metals 
content – Part 4 – Determination of cadmium content by atomic absorption 
spectrometry with electro \-thermal atomization  
• TZS 1276: 2010 (1st Ed), Fresh sweet cassava — Specification  
• TZS 2044:2017/ISO 5985:2002 Animal  feeding stuffs – Determination of ash 
insoluble in hydrochloric  
• 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 w ith water activity greater than 0.95  
• ISO 10520, Native starch - Determination of starch content - Ewers polarimetric 
method  
9. Proposed date of 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 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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