G/TBT/N/TZA/229  
 
17 December 2018  
(18-7970) 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): Meat, 
meat products and other animal produce (ICS 67.120).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: TBS/AFDC 22 
(5269) P3 Lamb and mutton carcasses and meat cuts - Specification (10 page(s), in 
English)    
6. Description of content: This Tanzania Standard prescribes the requirements, met hods 
of sampling and test for fresh and frozen lamb and mutton carcasses and meat cuts 
intended for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Protection of huma n health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 76 - General method for determination of Arsenic silver diethyldithiocarmate 
photometric method  
• TZS 109, Food processing units - Code of hygiene  
• TZS 129, Meat and meat products - Microbiological examination - Sampling  
• TZS 131 /ISO 7954, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff - General 
guidance for enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Colony count technique at 25oC  G/TBT/N/TZA/229  
 
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  • TZS 118 /ISO 4833, Microbiology o f food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of microorganisms - Colony -count technique at 30 
oC. 
• TZS 121, Microbiological examination for Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium 
botulinum toxins - Test method  
• TZS 122, Microbiolog y of food and feeding staffs - Horizontal method for detection 
of Salmonella spp  
• TZS 125 -1 /ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and ot her species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker 
agar medium - Amendment 1: Inclusion of precision data  
• TZS 125 -2 /ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive 
staphylococci(Staphylococcus aureus and other species) - Part 2: Technique using 
Rabbit Plasma Fibrinogen agar medium  
• TZS 183, Fresh meat in retail - Code of hygiene  
• TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for 
determination of Lead in food and food stuffs  
• TZS 538, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements.  
• TZS 731 /ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and feeding -stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most Probable 
Number Te chnique  
• TZS 949 -1/ISO 21528 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - 
Horizontal methods for the detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae - 
Part 1 - Detection and enumeration by MPN technique with pre -enrichment.  
• TZS 949 -2 /ISO 21528 -2, Mi crobiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- 
Horizontal methods for the detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae - 
Part 2 - Colony count method  
• TZS 110, Ante mortem and post mortem inspection of slaughter animals, fresh 
meat and processed meat pr oducts - Code of hygiene  
• Tanzania Government Gazette  
9. Proposed date of adoption: March 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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