G/TBT/N/TZA/252  
 
18 March 2019  
(19-1653) 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):  Animal 
and vegetable fats and oils (ICS 67.200.10)  
5. Title, num ber of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC4(6101) 
P3 REV TZS 1769:2016 Aqueous coconut milk and coconut cream products  — 
Specification (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard prescribes the requirements a nd 
sampling and test methods for packaged aqueous coconut milk and coconut cream 
products for direct human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of hu man health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CODEX - STAN 240 -2003, Coconut milk and coconut cream published by the 
Codex Alimentarius Commission  
2. CODEX STAN 192, General standards for food additives  
3. TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
4. TZS 54, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Sampling  
5. TZS 48, Margarine — Specification  
6. TZS 1326, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of moisture and 
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  7. TZS 1335, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of copper, iron 
and nickel contentgraphite furnace atomic absorption  
8. TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for 
determination of lead in food stuffs  
9. TZS 76, Methods for dete rmination of arsenic content  
10. TZS 109, Food processing units — Code of hygiene — General  
11. TZS 538, Packaging and labelling of foods  
12. TZS 118, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
enumeration ofmicro -organisms — Colony count t echnique at 30°C  
13. TZS 122, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of salmonella spp  
14. TZS 125, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
enumeration of coagulase — Positive staphylococci; Sta phylococcus aureus and 
other species  
15. TZS 131, Microbiology — General guidance for enumeration of yeast and 
moulds  — Colony count technique at 25°C  
16. TZS 731, Microbiology of food and feeding -stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of pre sumptive Escherichia Coli — Most probable 
number technique  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  August 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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