G/TBT/N/TZA/1023  
24 August 2023  
(23-5715) 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  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel. No: +255 22 245 0298/+255 22 245 0206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
Telefax: +255 22 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://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):  Dried, 
shelled chickpeas "garbanzos", whether or not skinned or split (HS code(s): 071320); 
Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060); Dry chickpeas  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 866: 
2023, Dry chickpeas — Specification, Second Edition  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (15 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for dry chickpeas of the varieties (cultivars) grown from Cicer arietinum 
(L.) intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problem s where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Harmoni zation; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/TZA/1023  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
4. AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
5. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
6. CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standa rd for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
7. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
8. ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
9. ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species)  
10. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food an d animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable number 
technique  
11. 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  
12. ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
13. ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
14. EAS 754:2012, Chic kpeas — Specification  
15. Chickpeas Official Grain Grading Guide, August 1, 2012, Canadian Grain Commission  
16. Pulses Grading and Marking Rules, 2003, Schedule XII, Grade designation and 
definition of quality of Kabuli Chana, Ministry of Agriculture, Indi a, 7th April 2004  
17. Ethiopian Standards, ES 18:2001, Pulses — Grading of chickpeas  
18. CODEX STAN 171:1989 (Rev. 1:1995), Standard for Certain Pulses  
19. Australian Pulse Standards, 2012/2013 — Chickpeas minimum receival standards  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined and notified  
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:   
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer)  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
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