G/TBT/N/TZA/128  
 
5 February 2018  
(18-0799) 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 M ember: 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; Poultry and egg s (ICS 67.120.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: AFDC 22 (4475) 
P3 Chicken meat (raw and spiced) – Specification (11 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Tanzania standard prescribes the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for raw and/or spiced chicken " Gallus domesticus " meat carcasses or 
cuts intended for human consumption. It covers raw and/or spiced fresh chicken/meat 
carcasses or cuts products at slaughter, meat processing facilit y and delivery to market  
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:   
 Tanzania Government Gazette  
 TAS 6700 -2005 Chicken Meat published by the National Bureau of Agricultural 
Commodity and Food Standards, Thailand.  
 UNECE Standard: Chicken Meat, Carcases and Parts, 2012 Edition, United Nations 
publication, ECE/Trade/355/Rev.1, United Nations, New York a nd Geneva, 2013  
 TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values.  
 TZS 34 -1 – Animal feeds and feeding stuffs – Part 1 Sampling and general 
methods  
 TZS 109, Food processing units – Code of hygiene.  
 TZS 118/ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of microorganisms – Colony -count technique at 30 oC. 
 TZS 119/ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for detection and enumeration of coliforms – Most probable number 
technique  
 TZS 122,  Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for detection G/TBT/N/TZA/128  
 
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  of Salmonella spp . 
 TZS 123/ISO 7937, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens  – Colony -count technique.  
 TZS 125 – 1/ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus  and other species) – Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker 
agar medium – Amendment 1: Inclu sion of precision data  
 TZS 125 – 2/ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus  and other species) – Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma 
fibrinogen agar medium  
 TZS 127/ISO/TS 21872 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp . – Part 
1: Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus  and Vibrio cholera . 
 TZS 457, Code of hygienic practices for spices and dried aromatic plants.  
 TZS 459, Code of hygiene for poultry processing.  
 TZS 538, Labelling of pre -packaged foods – General requirements  
 TZS 731/ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and feedingstuffs – Horizontal method for 
the d etection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia Coli  – Most Probable 
Number Technique  
 TZS 852 -1/ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes – 
Part 1 – Detection method  
 TZS 852 -2/ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes  – 
Part 2 – Enumeration method  
 TZS 949 -1/ISO 21528 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding  stuffs – 
Horizontal methods for the detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae – Part 
1 – Detection and enumeration by MPN technique with pre -enrichment  
 TZS 949 -2/ISO 21528 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- 
Horizontal methods for the detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae – 
Part 2 – Colony count method  
 ISO 17604 Microbiology of the food chain – Carcass sampling for microbiology 
analysis  
 ISO 10272 -1:2006 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method fo r detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp . – Part 1: Detection 
method  
 ISO 10272 -2:2006 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for detection and enumeration of Campylobacter spp . – Part 2: Colony -
count technique  
 ISO 17604 – Microbiology of the food chain – Carcass sampling for microbiological 
analysis.  
 Codex Stan 193 – Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food 
and Feed.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: June 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: Upon declara tion 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 [  ] 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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