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12 November 2020  
(20-8120) 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):  Sugar. 
Sugar products. Starch ( ICS 67.180)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 17(593) 
P3 STINGLESS BEE HONEY – SPECIFICATION (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Standard prescribes requirements, methods of sampling 
and testing for stingless bee honey produced by subfamily Meliponinae of genera 
Melipona, Scaptotrigona and Trigona intended for direct human consumption  
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  
• TZS 1492 Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Sampling and methods of 
test – Part 6: Determination of tin content  
• TZS 268 General atomic absorption – Spectro - Photometric method for 
determination of lead in food stuffs  
• TZS 76 General method for determination of arsenic silver diethyldithioc armate 
photometric method  
• TZS 851 Honey – Specification  
• TZS 538 labelling of pre -packaged food -General requirement  
• TZS 118 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
enumeration of micro -organisms – Colony count technique at 30 ºC 
• TZS 119 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of coliforms - most probable number technique.  
• TZS 4 Rounding off numerical values  G/TBT/N/TZA/492  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 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 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.t z; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
https://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2020/TBT/TZA/20_6987_00_e.pdf  
 