Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Tanzania - Cocoa mass (liquor)

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: TANZANIA

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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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.tz

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:

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted. (HS code(s): 1801); Cocoa (ICS code(s): 67.140.30)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: TBS/AFDC 29(2969) DTZS, Cocoa mass (liquor) — specification,First Edition.

Note: This Draft Tanzania Standard was also notified under SPS committee; (11 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: This Draft Tanzania standard specifies the requirements, methods of sampling and test of cocoa mass (liquor) intended for human consumption.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent 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 requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement

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Relevant documents:

1._    AOAC 970.21 Determination of pH of Cacao Products

2._    CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling

3._    TZS 268, General atomic absorption spectrophotometric method for determination of lead in food and food stuffs.

4._    Codex Stan 192, General Standard for Food Additives

5._    TZS 3749, Determination of moisture content in cocoa products

6._    TBS/ AFDC 29 (2979) CD3 Determination of Shell content

7._    ISO 5223, Test sieves for cereals

8._    TZS 1331-2, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – determination of acid value and acidity

9._    TZS 3748, Determination of Fat in Cocoa products

10.TZS 3747, Determination of crude fibre

11.TZS 3750, determination of total and acid insoluble ash content in cocoa products

12.TZS 122, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the detection of salmonella spp

13.TZS 731, Microbiology of food and feeding-stuffs – Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia Coli – Most Probable Number Technique

14.TZS 119, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for detection and enumeration of Coliforms – Most probable number technique

15.TZS 2426-1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: Colony count technique in products with water activity greater than 0.95

16.TZS 538, Labelling of Pre-packaged Food

17.TZS 799/ ISO 16050, Foodstuffs -- Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products -- High-performance liquid chromatographic method

18.TZS 109, food processing units —Codes of hygiene

19.TZS 1502, Fruits, vegetables and derived products -Determination of arsenic content - Silver diethyldithocarbamate spectrophotometric method

20.TZS 2615, Foodstuffs-Determination of Ochratoxin A-High performance liquid chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column cleanup and fluorescence detection

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined and notified

Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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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)

Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)

Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo

P O Box 9524

Dar Es Salaam

Tel: +(255) 22 2450206

Email: nep@tbs.go.tz; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz