G/TBT/N/TZA/575  
19 April 2021  
(21-3269) 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):  Flour, 
meal and powder of potat oes (HS 110510); Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS 
67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 21 (390) 
DTZS Potato flour — Specification (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Tanzania standard prescribes requirements, methods 
of sampling and testing for potato flour obtained from potato (Solanum osum L) of the 
family Solanaceae intended for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgen t problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 109, Food Processing units - Code of hygiene  
• TZS 122-1:2018/ISO 6579 -1: 2017 - Microbiology of the food chain — 
Horizontal method for the detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - 
Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
• TZS 538:2015 (EAS 38:2014) - Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General 
require ments  
• TZS 731: 2018/ ISO 7251: 2006 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding 
stuffs - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive 
Escherichia coli -Most probable number technique  
• TZS 961:2017 (1st Ed), Starch – Determination of moistur e content – Oven-
drying method  
• TZS 1278: 2012 (1st Ed), Fresh potato tuber (ware potato tuber) — 
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  • TZS 2044:2017/ISO 5985:2002 Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of ash 
insoluble in hydrochloric  
• TZS 2426 -1: 2020/ ISO 21527 -1: 2008 - Microbiol ogy of food and animal 
feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - 
Part 1: Colony count technique in products with water activity greater than 0.95  
• TZS 330: 2017/EAS 900:2017 Cereals and Pulses – Sampling  
• TZS 2565:2019, Bio fortified sweet potato – Specification  
• TZS 2473:2019 Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of crude ash  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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:   
Contact person(s):  
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
 
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
 
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go. tz 
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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