G/TBT/N/TZA/590  
30 April 2021  
(21-3709) 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):  Meat and 
meat products (ICS 67. 120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 22 (281) 
DTZS Edible insects – Specification (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Tanzania standard prescribes requirements, methods 
of sampling and test for edible insects intended for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Pr otection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values.  
• TZS 109, Food processing units - Code of hygiene.  
• TZS 2426 -1 
• TZS 118/ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of microorganisms – Colony -count technique at 
30°C.  
• TZS 122, Microbiology of food and feeding staffs – Horizontal method for detection 
of Salmonella spp.  
• TZS 125 – 1 / ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feedin g stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and other species) – Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker 
agar medium – Amendment 1: Inclusion of precision data  
• TZS 125 – 2 / ISO 6888 -2, Microbiol ogy of food and animal feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and other species) – Part 2: Technique using rabbit 
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  • TZS 538, Labelling of pre -packaged fo ods — General requirements  
• TZS 730 -2 / ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and feeding -stuffs – Horizontal 
method for enumeration of presumptive Escherichia Coli – Most Probable Number 
Technique  
• Codex Stan 193 – Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
• ISO 1442 Meat and meat products – Determination of moisture content 
(Reference method)  
• CAC/GL 50 - General Guidelines on Sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  July 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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:   
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 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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