G/TBT/N/TZA/471  
26 May 2020 
(20-3799) 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  
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):  Cocoa 
(ICS 67.140.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
TBS/AFDC  29(5735) P3 Drinking Chocolate (Sweetened Cocoa Powder) – Specification 
(5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
methods and tes t for drinking chocolate (sweetened cocoa powder) intended for use as a 
beverage for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or sa fety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4 Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 538/ EAS 38 Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification  
• TZS 109 Food processing units – Code of hygiene - General  
• AFDC29 (3540) P3 Cocoa and cocoa products - Test methods Part 2: Determination 
of moisture  
• AFDC29 (3541) P3 Cocoa and cocoa products - Test methods Part 3: Determination 
of water -insoluble, water soluble and acid -insoluble ash  
• AFDC29 (3542) P3 Cocoa and cocoa products - Test methods Part 4: Determination 
of pH.  
• AFDC29 (3545) P3 Cocoa and cocoa products - Test methods Part 7: Determination 
of crude fibre  
• Codex Stan 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
• Codex Stan 193, Codex Standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  G/TBT/N/TZA/471  
 
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  • TZS 122 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
• TZS 2426(Part1) Microbiology of food and animal feeding -stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeast and moulds - Colony count technique in products with 
water activity greater than 0.95.  
• TZS 729 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
enumeration of coliforms – Colony count tech.  
• TZS 131 Microbiology -General guidance for enumeration of yeast and moulds - 
Colony count technique at 25°C  
• TZS 731 Microbiology of food and feeding -stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most Probable 
Number Technique  
• TZS 76 Methods for determination of arsenic content.  
• TZS 2 68 General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of 
lead in food stuffs.  
• TZS 1335 Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of Copper, iron and 
nickel content -graphite furnace atomic absorption  
• TZS 101 Refined sugar – Speci fication  
• TZS 100 Plantation white sugar – Specification  
• TZS 831 Tanzania brown sugar – Specification  
• Codex Stan CAC/GL 50 - General guidelines on sampling  
• TZS 799/ ISO 16050 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  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  August 2020  
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: nep@tbs.go.tz  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz  
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