G/TBT/N/TZA/761  
4 May 2022  
(22-3501) 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 (TBS);  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo;  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania;  
Tel: +255 222450206;  
E- mail: 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS code(s): 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 17 (823) 
DTZS, Spiced honey - Specification; (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, sampling and 
method of test for spiced honey 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:   
• AFDC 17 (888) CD3, Honey - Determination of ash  
• AFDC 17 (893) CD3, Honey - Determination of acidity (Titrimetric Method)  
• AFDC 17 (894) CD3, Honey - Determination of moisture content Codex Stan 192 
General Standard for Food Additives  
• TZS 109, Food processing units – Code of hygiene  
• TZS 118, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of microorganisms – Colony -count technique at 30Oc  
• TZS 122, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
detection of salmonella spp T  
• ZS 125, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) TZS 1502 Fruits, vegetables and derived produ cts – Sampling and G/TBT/N/TZA/761  
 
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  methods of test Part 14: Determination of arsenic content - Silver 
diethyldithocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
• TZS 1581, Determination of cadmium content  
• TZS 2426 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity greater than 0.95  
• TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for 
determination of lead in food and food stuffs.  
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 538, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• TZS 730 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of betaglucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 1: Colony -
count technique at 44 degrees  C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-
indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
• 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  
• TZS 852, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
Contact person(s):  
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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