G/TBT/N/TZA/141  
 
7 March 2018  
(18-1411) 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  
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): Alcoholic 
beverages (ICS 67.160.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: AFDC 13 (5356) 
P3 1192:2010 Roselle alcoholic drink – Specification (5 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements and methods of 
sampling  and tests for roselle alcoholic drink, produced by fermentation of a sugar added 
extract of dried roselle calyces mash, by yeasts.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prot ection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
 TZS 4 Rounding off numerical values  
 TZS 59 Water: Distilled quality – Specification  
 TZS 76 Test method for determination of arsenic  
 TZS 101 Refined sugar – Specification  
 TZS 109 Code of hygiene for food processing units – General  
 TZS 115 Food – Permitted food additives – Schedule  
 TZS 117 Food – Handling of samples for microbiological analysis – Code of practice  
 TZS 119 General guidance for the enumeration of Coliforms – Most Probable Number 
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   TZS 163 Processed fruits and vegetable products – Methods of sampling and tests  
 TZS 268 General atomic absorption spectrophotometer method for determination of 
lead in foodstuffs  
 TZS 538 Packaging, marking and labeling of foo ds 
 TZS 574 (Part 1), Potable water – Specification  
 TZS 471 Methods of sampling and test for alcoholic beverages  
 TZS 665 Ready to drink unfermented fruit flavour based alcoholic beverage – 
Specification  
 TZS 1190: 2009, Dried roselle – Specification  
 TZS 831 Brown sugar – Specification  
 TZS 131 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff \: General guidance for 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds \- Colony Count technique at 250C 
 TZS 118 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Colony \-count technique at 300C 
 Tanzania Government Gazette  
9. Proposed date of adoption: July 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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