G/TBT/N/TZA/464  
26 May 2020  
(20-3792) 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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.0 60) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 16(6758) 
P3 Rice flour - Specification (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for rice flour obtained from grinding milled rice of the varieties grown 
from rice grains, Oryza spp. 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  
8. Relevant documents:   
• CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
• TZS 109, General principles of food hygiene  
• TZS 122, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
detection of salmonella spp  
• TZS 125, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase \-positi ve staphylococci \(Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species \) – Part 1 \: Technique using Baird \-Parker agar medium – 
Amendment 1 \: Inclusion of precision data  
• TZS 131, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff \: General guidance for 
enumeration of yeast s and moulds \- Colony Count technique at 25°C  
• TZS 268 , General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of 
lead in food and food stuffs.  
• TZS 330, Cereals – Sampling of milled products  
• TZS 331, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  G/TBT/N/TZA/464  
 
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  • TZS 538,  Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Requirements  
• TZS 592, Milled rice - Specification  
• TZS 729 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs –Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms – Colony count technique  
• TZS 730, Microbiology of food and ani mal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of \-b\-glucuronidase \-positive Escheria coli – Part 2 – Colony \-count 
technique at 44°C using 5 \-bromo \-4\-chloro \-3\-indolyl \-b\-D\-glucuronide  
• TZS 1316, Spices and Condiments - Determination of total ash  
• TZS 1317, Spices and Condiments - Determination of acid insoluble ash  
• TZS 1331, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – determination of acid value and 
acidity  
• TZS 1490 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling and method o f test – 
Part 4 \: Determination of mineral impurities content  
• TZS 1502 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling and methods of test 
Part 14 \: Determination of arsenic content - Silver diethyldithocarbamate 
spectrophotometric method  
• TZS 1495 Fruit s, vegetables and derived products — Determination of copper 
content — Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry.  
• TZS 1675, Rough (paddy) rice — Specification  
• TZS 1676, Brown rice — Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  August 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister for 
Industry, Trade and Investment  
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:   
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  
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