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Notifying Member: TANZANIA

If applicable, name of local government involved:

2.

Agency responsible: Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)

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): Cheese and curd (HS code(s): 0406); Cheese (ICS code(s): 67.100.30)

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: DARS 1038:2025, Karish cheese — Specification, First edition. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 9

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/TZA/25_05420_00_e.pdf

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Description of content: This African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for Karish cheese intended for direct human consumption or for further processing.

Note: This Draft Tanzania Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.

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):

[ ]        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:

1._    ARS 53, General Principles of Food Hygiene – Code of practice

2._    ARS 56, Labelling of Prepackaged Foods

3._    ARS 1034, Dairy Industry - Glossary of terms

4._    CXS 192, General Standard for Food Additives

5._    CXS 193, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed

6._    ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling

7._    ISO 6579-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.

8._    ISO 6888-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 1: Method using Baird-Parker agar medium

9._    ISO 11290-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 1: Detection method

10._  ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — Clean-up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high-performance liquid chromatography

11._  ISO 16649-1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of beta-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli — Part 1: Colony-count technique at 44 degrees C using membranes and 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl beta-D-glucuronide

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined and notified.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

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): 20 October 2025

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Tanzania Bureau of Standards

Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road

P. O. Box 9524

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA

Tel:  +(255 22) 245 0298

       +(255 22) 245 0206

Fax: +(255 22) 2450959

E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz

Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz

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Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

Tanzania Bureau of Standards

Ubungo, Morogoro Road/Sam Nujoma Road

P. O. Box 9524

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA

Tel:  +(255 22) 245 0298

       +(255 22) 245 0206

Fax: +(255 22) 2450959

E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz

Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz