G/SPS/N/TZA/328  
24 January 2024  
(24-0531) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Cereal flours (excl. wheat, meslin and maize) (HS code(s): 110290); 
Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DARS 1348:2023, Amaranth flour — Specification, First 
edition . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  10 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/TZA/24_00574_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This African Standard specifies the requirements and methods of 
sampling and test for flour prepared from dried grain obtained from amaranth plant 
(Amaranthus caudutus , A. hypochondaricus , A. cruentus and any other variety duly 
approved as a grain amaranth  species) intended for human consumption.  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization fo r Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes    [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/TZA/328  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odour, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
4. ARS 1349, Amaranth grain – Specification  
5. 1SO 24333, Cereals and cereal products - Sampling  
6. ISO 712 - Determination of Moisture content in cereals and cereals product  
7. ISO 21527 -2, Horizontal method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: 
Colony count technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0 .95 
8. ISO 6888 -1, Horizontal meth od for the enumeration of coagulase -positive 
staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other species) — Part 1: Method using 
Baird-Parker agar medium  
9. ISO 4833 -1, Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: 
Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
10. ISO 7251, Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive 
Escherichia coli — Most probable number technique  
11. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
12. ISO 1871, Agric ultural food products ― General directions for the determination of 
nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method  
13. ISO 5498, Agricultural food products ― Determination of crude fibre content ― 
General Method  
14. CXS 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
15. CXS 193, Cod ex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
16. ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products ― Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 24 March 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz  G/SPS/N/TZA/328  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel: +(255 22) 245 0298  
 +(255 22) 245 0206  
Fax: +(255 22) 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz