Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Tanzania - Drinking chocolate

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 AND COCOA PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 18); Food technology (ICS code(s): 67)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: TBS/ AFDC 29 (2967) DTZS,Drinking Chocolate — 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 Drinking Chocolate intended for direct 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 986.15, Cadmium, Lead, Selenium and zinc in human and pet foods. Multi-element method

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

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

4._    ISO 6731, Determination of the total solids content of milk, cream and evaporated milk.

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

6._    TZS 109, food processing units —Codes of hygiene

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

8._    TZS 799, 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

9._    TZS 538, Standard for Labelling of Pre-packaged Foods

10.TZS 3749, Determination of moisture content in cocoa products

11.TZS 3748, Determination of Fat in Cocoa products

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

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

14.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.

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

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

17.TZS 2051-4, 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)

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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