G/TBT/N/TZA/227  
 
17 December 2018  
(18-7976) 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: AFDC 22 (5267) 
P3 Chilled and frozen Ostrich meat - Specification (6 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Tanzania standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling a nd test for chilled and frozen Ostrich meat 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 - General method for determination of Arsenic silver diethyldithiocarmate 
photometric method  
• TZS 2180 - Ante-mortem and post -mortem inspections of poultry - Code of 
practice  
• TZS 118/ISO 48 33, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of microorganisms - Colony -count technique at 30oC  
• TZS 109 - Food processing units - code of hygiene  
• TZS 119 - Microbiology - General guidance for the enumeration of  coliforms - 
Most Probable Number technique (MPN)  G/TBT/N/TZA/227  
 
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  • TZS 122 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella spp  
• TZS 125 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumerat ion of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -parker agar medium - Amendment 
1: Inclusion of precision data  
• TZS 129 - Meat and meat products - Microbiological examination - Sampling  
• TZS 131 - Microbiology - General guidance for enumeration of yeast and moulds 
- Colony count technique at 25 ºC  
• TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for 
determination of Lead in food and food stuffsTZS 459 - Poultry processing - Code 
of hygiene  
• TZS 538 - Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
• TZS 538, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
• TZS 852 -1/ISO 11290 -1 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - 
Horizontal method for detection and enumerati on of Listeria monocytogenes - 
Part 1 - Detection method  
• TZS 852 -2 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes - Enumeration method 
(Identical to ISO 11290 -2) 
• TZS 731 - Microb iology 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  
• Tanzania Government Ga zette 
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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