G/TBT/N/TZA/255  
 
27 March 2019  
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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):  Food 
additives (ICS 67.220.20)  
5. Title, number of pages a nd language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 05(6091) 
P3 Baker’s Yeast - Specification (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Tanzania Standard specifies the requirements and 
the methods of sampling and test for baker's yeast.  
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:   
• Codex Stan 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
• TZS 116, Labelling of food additives when sold as such — General requirements  
• Codex Stan 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
• CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
• TZS 439, Wheat flour – Specification  
• TZS 538, Labelling of pre-packaged foods — General requirements  
• ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
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  • ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
• ISO 6888, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species)  
• ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
• The Weights and Measures (Sales and Labelling of goods) Rules, 2007  
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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