G/TBT/N/TZA/150  
 
23 April 2018  
(18-2497) 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): Butter 
(ICS 67.100.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and langu age(s) of the notified document: AFDC 14 (5258) 
P3 Butter – Specification (5 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Tanzania standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for butter of dairy animal origin intended for human  consumption.  
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:   
 TZS 4 – Rounding off numerical values.  
 TZS 76 – Methods for determination of Arsenic.  
 TZS 109 – Food processing units – code of hygiene.  
 TZS 112 – Milk – Production, processing, transportation and distribution – code of 
hygiene.  
 TZS 118 – Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizo ntal method for 
enumeration of microorganisms – Colony count technique at 30 0C. 
 TZS 119 – Microbiology – General guidance for the enumeration  of coliforms – 
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   TZS 122 – Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella spp.  
 TZS 124 - Milk and milk products – sampling for microbiological examination.  
 TZS 125 – Microbiology 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 131 – Microbiology - General guidance for enumeration of yeast and moulds – 
Colony count technique at  25 ºC.  
 TZS 538 – Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements.  
 TZS 253 – Butter – Method of sampling and test.  
 TZS 731 – Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  – Most Probable 
Number Technique.  
 Codex Stan 193 – Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food 
and Feed.  
 ISO 3727 -3:2003  – Butter – Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat 
conte nts – Part 3: Calculation of fat content.  
 ISO 8294 - Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of copper, iron and 
nickel contents – Graphite furnace atomic absorption method.  
 ISO 12193 - Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of lead by direct 
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy.  
 CAC/MRL 2 – Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) and Risk Management 
Recommendations (RMRs) for Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods.  
 Tanzania Government Gazette.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: September 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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