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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): Sugar confectionery not containing cocoa, incl. white chocolate (excl. chewing gum) (HS code(s): 170490); Sugar and sugar products (ICS code(s): 67.180.10), Halwa.

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: AFDC 15 (2799) DTZS, Halwa – Specification, First Edition. (9 page(s), in English)

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

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Description of content: This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, methods of sampling and test of halwa 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.    TZS 4, Rounding off numerical values

2.    TZS 76, General method for determination of arsenic silver diethyldithiocarmate photometric method

3.    TZS 109, Food processing units - Code of hygiene - General

4.    TZS 155, Sugar confectionery - Methods of sampling and analysis

5.    TZS 268, General atomic absorption - Spectrophotometric method for determination of lead in food stuffs

6.    CODEX STAN 193, Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in foods

7.    CODEX STAN 192, Codex General Standard for foods additives.

8.    TZS 118-1/ISO 4833-1, Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the enumeration of microorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 300C by the pour plate technique

9.    TZS 118-2/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

10.  TZS 731/ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most probable number technique

11.  TZS 122-1/ISO 6579-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.

12.  TZS125-3/ISO 6888-3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers

13.  TZS 2426-2/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

14.  TZS 2752: Bakery products - methods of analysis

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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) and Mr. Clavery Chausi

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

Website: http://www.tbs.go.tz

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