G/TBT/N/TZA/248  
 
18 March 2019  
(19-1649) Page: 1/3 
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:  AFDC 4(5978)P3 
Edible Palm Kernel Oil – Specification (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies the requirements and methods 
of sampling and test for edible p alm kernel oil.  
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:   
1. CODEX STAN 210 -1999 (Amended 2015) Codex standard for named vegetable 
oils published by Codex Alimentarius Commission  
2. ISO 15141 -2018 Cereals and cereal products — Determination of ochratoxin A — 
High performance liquid chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column 
cleanup and fluorescen ce detection published by International Organization for 
Standardization.  
3. CODEX STAN 192, General standards for food additives  
4. TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
5. TZS 54, Animal and Vegetable fats and oils – Sampling  
6. TZS 76, Methods for determination of arsenic  G/TBT/N/TZA/248  
 
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  7. TZS 109, Food processing units – Code of hygiene — General  
8. TZS 268, General atomic absorption – Spectro – Photometric method for 
determination of lead in food stuffs  
9. TZS 288 -1, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Preparation of methyl esters of 
fatty acids  
10. TZS 288 -2, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Analysis by gas chromatography 
of methyl ester of fatty acids  
11. TZS 538, Packaging and labeling of foods  
12. TZS 799, Foodstuffs – Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2 , G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products – 
High\performance liquid chromatographic method  
13. TZS 1313, Fortified edible fats and oils -Specification  
14. TZS 1322, Oils and fats Sampling and test methods – Purity tests   
15. TZS 1324, Animal and vegetable fats  and oils – Determination of peroxide value 
– Iodometric (visual) end point determination  
16. TZS 1325, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of saponification 
value  
17. TZS 1326,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of moisture and 
volatile matter  
18. TZS 1327, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of iodine value  
19. TZS 1328,  Essential oils – Determination of relative density at 20 ° C – Reference 
method  
20. TZS 1329, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of refractive ind ex 
21. TZS 1330, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of lovibond colour  
22. TZS 1331, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of acid value and 
acidity  
23. TZS 1332, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of unsaponifiable 
matter -method using diethyl ether extraction  
24. TZS 1335, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of copper, iron and 
nickel contentgraphite furnace atomic absorption  
25. TZS 1336, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of insoluble 
impurities content  
26. TZS 1369,  Animal  and Vegetable  fats and oils – Determination  of Butylhydroxya
nisole  (BHA)  and Butylhydroxytoluene (BHT) – Gas liquid chromatographic 
method  
27. TZS 1370,  Animal and Vegetable fats and oils  – Determination of tocopherol 
and tocotrienol c ontent by High Performance Liquid Chromatography  
28. TZS 1371, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of individual and 
total sterol contents -Gas chromatographic method  
29. TZS 1775, Animal and Vegetable fats and oils — Detection and identification of 
antioxidants - Thin-layer chromatographic method  
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  G/TBT/N/TZA/248  
 
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  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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