G/TBT/N/TZA/495  
20 November 2020  
(20-8412) Page: 1/3 
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):  OIL SEEDS 
AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS ; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL 
OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER (HS 12); Edible oils and fats. Oilseeds 
(ICS 67.200)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 4(299) 
CD 3 Edible tallow – Specification (7 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard prescribes the requirements, sampling 
and testing methods for tallow intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, inc luding 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 standards for food additives  
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 54, Animal and Vegetable fats and oils – Sampling  
• TZS 76, Methods for determination of arsenic  
• TZS 109, Food processing units – Code of hygiene — General  
• TZS 268, General atomic absorption – Spectro – Photometric method for 
determinati on of lead in food stuffs  
• TZS 288 -1, Animal and vegetable fats and oils -- Gas chromatography of fatty 
acid methyl esters -- Part 1: Guidelines on modern gas chromatography of fatty 
acid methyl esters  
• TZS 288 -2, Animal and vegetable fats and oils -- Gas ch romatography of fatty 
acid methyl esters -- Part 2: Preparation of methyl esters of fatty acids  G/TBT/N/TZA/495  
 
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  • TZS 288 -3, Animal and vegetable fats and oils -- Gas chromatography of fatty 
acid methyl esters -- Part 3: Preparation of methyl esters using 
trimethylsulfonium  hydroxide (TMSH)  
• TZS 288 -4, Animal and vegetable fats and oils -- Gas chromatography of fatty 
acid methyl esters -- Part 4: Determination by capillary gas chromatography  
• TZS 538, Packaging and labeling of foods  
• TZS 1322, Oils and fats Sampling and test methods – Purity tests  
• TZS 1324, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of peroxide value 
– Iodometric (visual) end point determination  
• TZS 1325, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of saponification 
value  
• TZS 1326, Animal a nd vegetable fats and oils – Determination of moisture and 
volatile matter  
• TZS 1327, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of iodine value  
• TZS 1328, Essential oils – Determination of relative density at 20°C – Reference 
method  
• TZS 1329, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of refractive index  
• TZS 1331, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of acid value and 
acidity  
• TZS 1332, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of unsaponifiable 
matter -method using diethy l ether extraction  
• TZS 1335, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of copper, iron and 
nickel content -graphite furnace atomic absorption  
• TZS 1336, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of insoluble 
impurities content  
• TZS 1369, Ani mal and Vegetable fats and oils – Determination of 
Butylhydroxyanisole (BHA) and Butylhydroxytoluene (BHT) – Gas liquid 
chromatographic method  
• TZS 1370, Animal and Vegetable fats and oils – Determination of tocopherol and 
tocotrienol content by High Perfor mance Liquid Chromatography  
• TZS 1775, Animal and Vegetable fats and oils - Detection and identification of 
antioxidants - Thin-layer chromatographic method  
• TBS/AFDC 04(586) CD1, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of 
titre 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/TZA/495  
 
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  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 95 24 
Dar Es Salaam  
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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