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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): Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion (HS code(s): 0901); Coffee and coffee substitutes (ICS code(s): 67.140.20)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DARS 1061:2024,Coffee premix — Specification,First Edition. (11 page(s), in English)

Note: This Draft Tanzania Standard was also notified under SPS committee;

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Description of content: This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling, and test methods for coffee Premix 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, pH of cacao products. Potentiometric method

2._    ARS 56:2022 Pre-packaged foods – Labelling

3._    ARS 1062, Instant (soluble) coffee — Specification

4._    ARS 1065, Production, handling, and processing of coffee — Code of practice

5._    ARS 1814, Roasted coffee beans and roasted ground coffee — Specification

6._    CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives

7._    ISO 3726, Instant coffee — Determination of loss in mass at 70 0C under reduced pressure

8._    ISO 6579-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, enumeration and

9._    serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.

10._  ISO 6670, Instant coffee — Sampling method for bulk units with liners

11._  ISO 11294, Roasted ground coffee — Determination of moisture content — Method by determination of loss in mass at 103 degrees C (Routine method)

12._  ISO 15141, Cereals, and cereal products — Determination of ochratoxin A — High performance liquid

13._  chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column clean-up and fluorescence detection

14._  ISO 16649-2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of beta-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Colony-count technique at 44 degrees C using 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl beta-D-glucuronide

15._  ISO 20481, Coffee and coffee products — Determination of the caffeine content using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) — Reference method

16._  ISO 21527-2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95

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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