G/TBT/N/TZA/253  
 
18 March 2019  
(19-1654) Page: 1/3 
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):  Edible oils 
and fats. Oilseeds (ICS 67.200)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
AFDC  4(5974)P3/REV TZS 1432:2017 Edible olive oil and edible olive pomace oil — 
Specification (20 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard prescribes the requirements and 
method s of sampling and test for edible olive oil and edible olive pomace oil intended for 
direct human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human healt h or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CODEX STAN 33 -1981 Amended in 2013, Codex standard for olive oils and olive 
pomace oils published by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, International Olive 
Council COI/T.20/Doc. No 11 /Rev. 3 of 2017, method for the determination of 
stigmastidienes in vege table oils published by International Olive Council  
2. ISO 15141 -2018 Cereals and cereal products — Determination of ochratoxin A — 
High performance liquid chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column 
cleanup and fluorescence detection published by the I nternational Organization 
for Standardization.  
3. CODEX STAN 192, General standards for food additives  G/TBT/N/TZA/253  
 
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  4. TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
5. TZS 54, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Sampling  
6. TZS 76, Methods for determination of arsenic  
7. TZS 109, Food processing units – Code of hygiene — General  
8. TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for 
determination of lead in food stuffs  
9. TZS 288 -1, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Preparation of methyl esters of 
fatty acids  
10. TZS 288 -2, Animal  and vegetable fats and oils — Analysis by gas chromatography 
of methyl esters of fatty acids  
11. TZS 538, Packaging and labeling of foods  
12. TZS 799, Foodstuffs – Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nu ts and derived products – High\-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
13. TZS 1313, Fortified edible oils and fats — Specification  
14. TZS 1322, Oils and fats — Sampling and test methods — Purity tests  
15. TZS 1324, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determinati on of peroxide value 
— Iodometric (visual) end point determination  
16. TZS 1325, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of saponification 
value  
17. TZS 1326, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of moisture and 
volatile matter  
18. TZS 1327, A nimal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of iodine value  
19. TZS 1328, Essential oils – Determination of relative density at 20ºC — Reference 
method  
20. TZS 1329, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of refractive index  
21. TZS 1330, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of lovibond colour  
22. TZS 1331, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and 
acidity  
23. TZS 1332, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of unsaponifiable 
matter —Method using diethyl et her extraction  
24. TZS 1335, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of copper, iron 
and nickel content — Graphite furnace atomic absorption  
25. TZS 1336, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of insoluble 
impurities content  
26. TZS 1368, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of ultraviolet 
absorbance expressed as specific UV extinction  
27. TZS 1370, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination tocopherol and 
tocotrienol content by HPLC  
28. TZS 1371, Animal and vegetable fats and  oils — Determination of individual and 
total sterol contents -Gas chromatographic method  
29. TZS 1372, Olive oils and olive pomace oils — Determination of wax content by 
capillary gas chromatography  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  August 2019  
Proposed date of e ntry into force:  Upon declaration as a mandatory by the Minister 
for Industry, Trade and Investment  G/TBT/N/TZA/253  
 
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  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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