G/TBT/N/TZA/233  
 
5 February 2019  
(19-0647) 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): Fruits and 
derived products (ICS 67.080.10), Non -alcoholic beverages (ICS 67.160.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Fruit juices and 
nectars - Specification (18 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft East Africa Standard specifies requirements and 
method s of sampling and test for fruit juices, nectars, concentrated fruit juices, Fruit juice 
from concentrate, Water extracted fruit juice, dehydrated fruit juice, powdered fruit juice, 
Fruit puree and concentrated fruit puree intended for direct human consump tion or for 
further processing  
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 labeling of prepackaged foods  
• EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
• Codex stan 192, General standard for food additives  
• EAS 153, Drinking water - Specification  
• EAS 803, Nutrition labelli ng - Requirements  
• EAS 804, Claims on food - Requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/233  
 
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  • EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
• ISO 874, Fresh fruits and vegetables - Sampling  
• EAS , Code of hygienic practice for dried fruits  
• Codex Stan 193, General standard for contam inants and toxins in foods 
ISO 4833-2, Methods for the microbiological examination of foods - Part 2: 
General Guidance for the Enumeration of Micro -Organisms -Colony Count 
Technique at 30°C  
• ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology 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 ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and 
animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of  
presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable number technique  
• ISO 763, Fruits and vegetable products - Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
• ISO 2448, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of ethanol content  
• ISO 2172, Fruit juice - Determination of solids content - Pyknometric method  
• ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of soluble solids - 
Refractometric method  
• ISO 5522, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of total 
sulphur dioxide content  
• ISO 5523,  Liquid fruit and vegetable products - Determination of sulphur dioxide 
content - (Routine method)  
• ISO 6636 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of zinc 
content - Part 2: Atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• ISO 6634, Fruits, vegeta bles and derived products - Determination of arsenic 
content - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
• ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of copper 
content - Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content 
- Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
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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