G/TBT/N/TZA/130  
 
5 February 2018  
(18-0801) 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 (ICS 67.120.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: AFDC 22 (5268) 
P3 Dressed poultry – Specification (7 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Tanzania standard prescribes requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for dressed poultry. It covers poultry such as chickens, ducks, geese, 
turkeys, pigeons, guinea fowl or any other domesticated bird.  
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:   
 Tanzania Government Gazette  
 TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values.  
 TZS 109, Food processing units - Code of hygiene.  
 TZS 131/ISO 7954, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff – General 
guidance for enumeration of yeasts and moulds – Colony count technique at 25 oC. 
 TZS 118/ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumerat ion of microorganisms – Colony -count technique at 30 oC. 
 TZS 119/ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for detection and enumeration of coliforms – Most probable number 
technique  
 TZS 122, Microbiology of food and feed ing staffs – Horizontal method for detection 
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   TZS 123/ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens  – Colony -count technique.  
 TZS 125 – 1/ISO 6888 -1, Microbiolo gy of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus  and other 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 127/ISO /TS 21872 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp . – 
Part 1: Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus  and Vibrio cholera . 
 TZS 459, Code of hygiene for poultry processing.  
 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 Technique  
 TZS 852 -1/ISO 1 1290-1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes – 
Part 1 – Detection method  
 TZS 852 -2/ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for  the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes  – 
Part 2 – Enumeration method  
 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 a nd enumeration by MPN technique with pre -enrichment  
 TZS 949 -2/ISO 21528 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- 
Horizontal methods for the detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae – 
Part 2 – Colony count method  
 ISO 17604 Microbiology of  the food chain – Carcass sampling for microbiology 
analysis  
 ISO10272 -1:2006 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp . – Part 1: Detection 
method  
 ISO 10272 -2:2006 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp . – Part 2: Colony -
count technique  
 Codex Stan 193 – Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2018  
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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