G/TBT/N/TZA/260  
 
28 March 2019  
(19-1960) 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):  Alcoholic 
beverages (ICS 67.160.10)  
5. Title, number of pa ges and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC13 (6154) 
P3/TZS 467:2015 Still table wine — Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Standard specifies the requirements and methods of 
sampling and test for still table wine prepared from grapes or other fruits  
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:   
• OCDEX STAN 192,  General standard for food additives  
• CAC/GL 66 Guidelines for the use of flavourings  
• TZS 789/EAS 12, Drinking (potable) water — Specification  
• TZS 538, General standard on packaging, marking and labelling of foods  
• EAS 39, Hygiene for food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
• AOAC 999.11 Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc  
• TZS 1493/ISO 5517, Fruits, vegetables and derived products  — Determination of 
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  • ISO 5523, Liquid fruit and vegetables — Determination of sulphurdioxide content 
(Routine method)  
• ISO 6636 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of zinc 
content — Part 2; Atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• TZS 1485/ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetable s and derived products — Determination of 
copper content — Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• TZS 471/EAS 104 Alcoholic beverages — Methods of sampling and testing  
• ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of pH  
• TZS 729/ISO 4832 , Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
• TZS 118/ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of micro -organisms — Part 1: Colony -count at 30 degrees C — Pour 
plate technique  
• TZS1502/ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
arsenic content — Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
• TZS 125/ISO 6888 -1 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stu ffs – 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  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 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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