G/TBT/N/TZA/797  
13 June 2022  
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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 (TBS)  
MOROGORO/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O BOX 9524, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  
Tel: +255 222450206,  
E- mail: nep@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:   
ZANZIBAR BUREAU OF STANDARDS  
PO Box 1136, Zanzibar,  
Phone: +255 24 2232225,  
Fax: +255 24 2232250  
E-mail: info@zbs.go.tz  
Web: www.zbs.go.tz  
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):  Mixtures 
of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one 
or more of these substances, of a kind used as ra w materials in industry; other 
preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of 
beverages. (HS code(s): 3302); Essential oils (ICS code(s): 71.100.60)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  PCD 327: 2022, 
Essential oil of lemongrass - specification, First edition; (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Zanzibar National Standard specifies requirements, 
methods of sampling and test for essential Oil of Lemongrass derived from grass of 
Cymbopogon Citratus  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Reducing trade 
barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/TZA/797  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
CODEX STAN 193, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Foods  
ISO 279, Essential oils — Determination of relative density at 20 °C — Reference method  
ISO 280, Essential oils — Determination of refractive index ISO 592, Essential oils — 
Determinati on of optical rotation  
ISO 1279, Essential oils — Determination of carbonyl value — Potentiometric methods 
using hydroxylammonium chloride  
ISO/TR 11018, Essential oils — General guidance on the determination of flashpoint  
ISO 875, Essential oils — Evaluati on of miscibility in ethanol  
ZNS 94, Rounding off numerical values  
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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