G/TBT/N/TZA/503  
24 November 2020  
(20-8462) Page: 1/3 
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):  Waters, 
incl. mineral waters an d aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter or flavoured, and other non -alcoholic beverages (excl. fruit or vegetable juices 
and milk) (HS 2202); Non -alcoholic beverages (ICS 67.160.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 12(6595) 
P3 Fruit drinks – Specification (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for fruit drinks either as ready -to-drink or dilutables containing fruit 
juice.  
This standard does not apply to the following categories of products for which other 
standards app ly: 
a) fruit juices and nectars; and  
b) vegetable juices and nectars  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 585, Ready to drink (Non – carbonated) beverages – Specification  
• TZS 132, Edible common salt – Specification  
• TZS 118, Microbiology – General guidance for the enumeration of microorganisms 
– Colony count technique  
• TZS 119, Microbiology - General guidance for the enumeration of coliform – Most 
probable number technique.  
• Codex Stan 192, Food additives  G/TBT/N/TZA/503  
 
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  • TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for 
determination of lead in food stuff s 
• TZS 1502, Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of Arsenic content  
• TZS 471, Methods of sampling and tests for alcoholic beverages  
• TZS 268/ AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper and iron in foods. Atomic 
absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion   
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• TZS 538/ EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• TZS 114/EAS 39, Hygiene in the in the food and drink manufacturing industry — 
Code of practice  
• TZS 59/EAS 153, Packaged drinking water — Specification  
• TZS 1496/ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of soluble 
solids — Refractometric method  
• TZS 481:2015 (EAS 803:2014) - Nutrition labelling – Requirements  
• TZS 482:2015 (EAS 804:2014) - Claims – Genera l Requirements  
• TZS 550:2015 (EAS 805:2014) - Use of nutrition and health claims - 
Requirements  
• TZS 1503:2016/ ISO 763 -2003 Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of 
ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
• TZS 1491:2015 / ISO 1842 -1991 Fruits and Vegetable s – Determination of pH  
• TZS 1504:2016/ ISO 2448 -1998 Fruits and vegetable products – Determination 
of ethanol content  
• TZS 118:2018(1st Ed) ISO 4833 -1:2003 - Microbiology of food and animal 
feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorga nisms – 
Colony -count technique at 30°C  
• TZS 118:2018(1st Ed) ISO 4833 -1:2003 - Microbiology of food and animal 
feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms - Part 
2: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
• TZS 729 : 2018 (3st Ed) ISO 4832: 2006 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding 
stuffs Horizontal method for the enumeration of coliforms – Colony count 
technique  
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  G/TBT/N/TZA/503  
 
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  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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