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Notifying Member: TANZANIA

If applicable, name of local government involved:

2.

Agency responsible: Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)

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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): Other: (HS code(s): 04029); Milk and processed milk products (ICS code(s): 67.100.10)

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

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Title of the notified document: DARS 1035:2025, Sterilized milk - Specification, First Edition. Language(s): English. Number of pages: 10

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/TZA/25_09246_00_e.pdf

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Description of content: This draft African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for sterilized milk intended for direct human consumption or further processing.

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

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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.

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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._    AOAC 947.05-1947, Acidity of milk. Titrimetric method

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

3._    ARS 56, Pre-packaged Foods – Labelling

4._    ARS 1036, Code of Hygienic Practice for Milk and Milk Products

5._    ARS 1033, Pasteurized milk — Specification

6._    ARS 1034, Dairy industry — Glossary of terms

7._    ARS 1041, Raw Milk — Specification

8._    CXS 206, General Standard for the Use of Dairy Terms

9._    CXS 234, Recommended methods analysis and sampling

10._  CXS 212, Codex Standard for Sugars

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

12._  CXS 346, General Standard for the labelling of non-retail containers of foods

13._  CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products

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

15._  ISO 2446, Milk — Determination of fat content

16._  ISO 5764, Milk — Determination of freezing point — Thermistor cryoscope method (Reference method)

17._  ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk — Determination of total solids content (Reference method)

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

19._  ISO 8968-4, Milk and milk products — Determination of nitrogen content — Part 4: Determination of protein and non-protein nitrogen content and true protein content calculation (Reference method)

20._  ISO 23318, Milk, dried milk products and cream — Determination of fat content — Gravimetric method

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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.

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

[X]     Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 7 March 2026

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) 245 0959

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) 245 0959

E-mail: info@tbs.go.tz

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