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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 butter, fat and oil. (HS code(s): 1804); Cocoa (ICS code(s): 67.140.30)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DARS 1815:2024, COCOA BUTTER — 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 quality and safety requirements, storage conditions, sampling and referenced test methods for Cocoa Butter.

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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._    ARS 1000-2 Sustainable cocoa: Requirement for cocoa quality and traceability

2._    CAC/RCP 1, International Code of Practice – General Principles of Food Hygiene

3._    CXS 234 Recommended methods of analyses and sampling

4._    CODEX STAN 1 -Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC): General Standard for the Labelling of Pre-packaged foods.

5._    Codex Stan 192, Codex Alimentarius Commission General Standard for Food Additive

6._    Codex Stan 193 General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed

7._    ISO 663 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of insoluble impurities content

8._    ISO 660 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and acidity

9._    ISO 3596 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of unsaponifiable matter — Method using diethyl ether extraction

10._  ISO 18609 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of unsaponifiable matter — Method using hexane extraction

11._  ISO 662 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content

12._  ISO 3960 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide value — Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination

13._  ISO 6320 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of refractive index

14._  ISO 15305 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of refractive index

15._  ISO 3961 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of iodine value

16._  ISO 3657 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of saponification value

17._  ISO 6321 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of melting point in open capillary tubes — Slip point

18._  ISO 4833-1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate technique

19._  ISO 4833-2 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms – Part 2: Colony count at 30 °C by the surface plating technique

20._  ISO 8573-7 Compressed air – Part 7: Test method for viable microbiological contaminant content

21._  ISO 16649-1 Microbiology of the food chain — 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

22._  ISO 21527-1 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

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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