G/TBT/N/TZA/153  
 
23 April 2018  
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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  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P.O BOX 9524  
Tel: +255 222450206  
Email: info@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 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Other milk 
products (ICS 67.100.99).  
5. Title, number of pa ges and language(s) of the notified document: AFDC 14 (5261) 
P3 Raw milk – Specification (7 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for raw milk from dairy cows intended  for human consumption and for 
further processing.  
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:   
 Tanzania Government  Gazette . 
 TZS 4 – Rounding off numerical values . 
 TZS 109 – Food processing units – code of hygiene . 
 TZS 112 – Milk – Production, processing, transportation and distribution – code of 
hygiene . 
 TZS 118 – Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
enumeration of microorganisms – Colony count technique at 30 0C. 
 TZS 119 – Microbiology – General guidance for the enumeration  of coliforms – 
Most Probable Number technique (M PN). 
 TZS 122 – Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
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   TZS 124 - Milk and milk products – sampling for microbiological examination.  
 TZS 125 – Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and 
other species) – Part 1: Technique using Baird -parker agar medium – 
Amendment  1: Inclusion of precision data.  
 TZS 131 – Microbiology - General guidance for enumeration of yeast and moulds – 
Colony count technique at 25 ºC.  
 TZS 731 – Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  – Most Probable 
Number Technique . 
 ISO 1211 – Milk – Deter mination of fat content – Gravimetric method (Reference 
method . 
 ISO 8968 -4 – Milk and milk products – Determination of nitrogen content – Part 4: 
Determination of protein and non -protein nitrogen content and true protein content 
calculation (Reference method).  
 ISO 5764 – Milk – Determination of freezing point – Thermistor cryoscope method 
(Reference method) . 
 ISO 13366 -1 – Milk – Enumeration  of somatic cells – Part 1: Microscopic method 
(Reference method).  
 CAC/MRL 2 – Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk Management 
Recommendations (RMRs) for Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods.  
 ISO 14674 - Milk and milk powder – Determination of aflatoxin  M1 content – 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by thin -layer 
chromatography . 
9. Proposed date of adoption: September 2018  
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: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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