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8 March 2021  
(21-1886) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fish and 
fishery products (ICS 67.120.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  TBS/AFDC 
23(364) CD3 Bivalve molluscs – Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for live and raw bivalve molluscs that have been shucked and/or frozen, 
and/or processed.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 109 - Food processing units - Code of hygiene - General  
• TZS 447:2015, Fish and fishery products - determination of histamine  
• TZS 538 Packaging and labelling of foods  
• CAC/GL 50, General guidelines on sampling  
• CAC/RCP 52, Code of practice for fish and fishery products  
• TZS 731:2007 / ISO 7251:2005, Microbiology of food and feeding stuffs – 
Horizontal method for detection and enumeration of  presumptive Escherichia 
Coli – Most Probable Number Technique  
• AOAC 959.08, Paralytic Shellfish Poison Biological Method  
• AOAC 2011.27, Paralytic Shellfish Toxins(PSTs) in Shellfish  
• CXS-192-1995, General standard for food additives  G/TBT/N/TZA/530  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. 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 9 524 
Dar Es Salaam  
 
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/TZA/21_1683_00_e.pdf  
 