G/TBT/N/TZA/234  
 
5 February 2019  
(19-0648) 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): Vegetables 
and derived products (ICS 67.080.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Jams, jellies 
and marmalades - Specification (9 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft East Africa Standard specifies requirements, methods 
of sampling and test of jams,  jellies and marmalades intended for direct 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:   
• EAS 38, General standard for labelling of pre -packaged foods  
• EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
• ISO 6636 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of zinc 
content - Part 2: Atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic 
content - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
• ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of copper 
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  • ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content 
- Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• ISO 2447, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of tin  
• Codex stan 192 General standard for food additives  
• ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of soluble solids - 
Refractometric method  
• Codex 296, Codex standard for jams, jellies and marmalades  
• ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff s - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable 
number technique  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2019  
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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