G/TBT/N/TZA/1024  
24 August 2023  
(23-5717) 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  
Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road  
P. O. Box 9524  
DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA  
Tel. No: +255 22 245 0298/+255 22 245 0206  
Email: nep@tbs.go  
Website: www.tbs.go.tz   
Telefax: +255 22 2450959  
E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz  
Website: http://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 :  
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):  Dried, 
shelled broad beans "Vicia faba var. major" and horse beans "Vicia faba var. equina and 
Vicia faba var. minor", whether or not skinned or split (HS code(s): 071350); Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060) ; Dry faba beans  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 873: 
2023, Dry faba beans — Specification, Second Edition  
Note: This Draft African Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (13 page(s), 
in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Final Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for dry faba beans of cultivated varieties (cultivars) grown 
from Vicia faba L . intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urg ent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant 
life or health; Protection of the environment; Quality requiremen ts; Harmonization; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  G/TBT/N/TZA/1024  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
2. ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
3. AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
4. AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
5. AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and 
corn flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  
6. ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of i mpurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
7. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — 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 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
9. ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
10. EAS 763:2012, Faba beans — Specification  
11. Fababeans, Official Grain Grading Guid e, August 1, 2012, Canadian Grain Commission  
12. Australian Pulse Standards, 2012/2013: Faba beans — Minimum standards  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined and notified  
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:   
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer)  
Tel: +(255) 22 2450206  
Email: nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
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