G/SPS/N/TZA/148  
 
16 September 2021  
(21-6869) Page: 1/2 
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):  Citrus fruits  
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:  DEAS 330: 2021 Citrus fruits - Specification . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  11 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/TZA/21_5819_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African standard specifies the requirements for 
citrus fruit of varieties (cultivars) grown from the following species to be supplied fresh to 
the consumer, citrus fruit for industrial processing being excluded:  
a) lemons grown from the spec ies Citrus limon  (L.) Burm. f. and hybrids thereof;  
b) Persian limes grown from the species Citrus latifolia  (Yu. Tanaka) Tanaka, a large acid 
lime fruit known also as Bearss or Tahiti and hybrids thereof;  
c) Mexican limes grown from the species Citrus aurantiif olia (Christm.) Swingle, also 
known as sour limes and key limes and hybrids thereof;  
d) Indian sweet limes, Palestine sweet limes grown from the species Citrus limettioides  
Tanaka and hybrids thereof;  
e) Mandarins grown from the species ( Citrus reticulata  Blanco ), including satsumas 
(Citrus unshiu  Marcow.), clementines ( Citrus clementina  hort. ex Tanaka), and 
common mandarins ( Citrus deliciosa  Ten.) and tangerines ( Citrus tangerine  Tanaka), 
grown from these species and hybrids thereof;  
f) Oranges grown from the spec ies Citrus sinensis  (L.) Osbeck and hybrids thereof;  
g) Grapefruit grown from the species Citrus paradisi  Macfad. and hybrids thereof;  
h) Pummelos or Shaddock grown from the species Citrus maxima  (Burm.) Merr. and 
hybrids thereof.  
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 for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  G/SPS/N/TZA/148  
 
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  [ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : November 2021  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : December 2021  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[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) : 15 November 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
E-mail: nep@tbs.go.tz  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
E-mail: nep@tbs.go.tz