Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements
Date when the measure came into force: 07 May 2013
Publication where the measure is specified: TZS 1625: 2013
Regulation where the measure is specified: TZS 1625: 2013 Cultured sour milk — Specification
Country/Region applying the measure: Tanzania
Description of the measure: Cultured sour milk also known in Kiswahili as “Mtindi” is a product produced from pasteurized milk usually reduced fat, cultured with mesophilic lactic starter cultures containing homofermentative cultures, Lactococcus lactis subsp.cremoris and Lactococcus lactic subsp.lactis with or without additional heterofermentative cultures Leuconostoc spp Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp.cremoris Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides, Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis.”
Development of this measure was necessitated by the need to ensure the safety and quality of cultured sour milk being produced and or marketed in Tanzania.
Reference of the measure: Clause 3, 4, 5 and 6
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
0401	Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.	Yes	Cultured sour milk
0402	Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.	Yes	Cultured sour milk

Description: TZS 1625: 2013

Cultured sour milk — Specification

Clause 3, 4, 5 and 6

Reporting, Monitoring and Eliminating Mechanism