Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - Tanzania - Chocolate and chocolate products

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): Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa (HS code(s): 1806); Chocolate (ICS code(s): 67.190)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DARS 1816:2024, Chocolate and Chocolate Products — 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, sampling and test methods for chocolate and chocolate products 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 Official Method 931.04, Moisture in Cacao Products

2._    AOAC Official Method 963.15, Fat in Cacao Products Soxhlet Extraction

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

4._    CAC/GL 21, Principlesfor the Establishment and Application of Microbiology in Foods

5._    CAC/GL 66 Guidelines for The Use of Flavourings

6._    CAC/GL 75 Guidelines on Substances Used As Processing Aids

7._    CODEX STAN 87, Standard for Chocolate and Chocolate Products

8._    CODEX STAN 1, FoodLabelling of PackagedFoods

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

10.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

11.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

12.ISO 21528-1 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae — Part 1: Detection of Enterobacteriaceae

13.ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the detection of Salmonella spp.

14.ISO 6888-1:2021 Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 1: Method using Baird-Parker agar medium

15.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

16.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 44oC using 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl beta-D- glucuronide.

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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