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Certification Services |
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‘tbs’ Mark Certification Scheme
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TBS operates a
‘tbs’ Mark Certification
Scheme, which allows manufacturers who have
conformed to Tanzania standards to use the
‘tbs’ standards mark of quality on their
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Batch Certification Scheme for Imports
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It is part of the implementation of Government
Notice No. 672 of 1998 (The Standards
Compulsory
Batch Certification of Imports)
Regulations. TBS has introduced Batch
Certification Scheme for all imports covered
by compulsory standards. |
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Tested Product Certification Scheme |
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The
Tested Product
Certification Scheme
is a scheme whereby
the Bureau has not issued a standard for a
product but which otherwise complies with
appropriate standard as specified by the
product specification and approved by
Specification Approval Committee of the
Bureau. |
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Management systems registration scheme |
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TBS operates
Management Systems Registration
Scheme
according to ISO 9000, 14000, 22000
Quality Management Systems and OHSAS 18000, an
international occupational health and safety
management system standard. |
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Testing Services/Facilities |
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TBS Test House was established in 1982 in
order to
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assist manufacturers to improve the quality of
their products;
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provide facilities for the testing of products
to ensure their suitability for their intended
use and
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verify pre-export and pre-import product
quality.
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TBS Test House also provides quick, accurate
and confidential test facilities for type
testing, audit testing, technical guidance and
advice on test methods and training of
laboratory personnel.
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Chemistry Laboratory |
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Chemistry Laboratory provides the following
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testing of all chemicals, allied products and
environmental samples;
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training in product testing related to
chemicals and Laboratory Quality Management
Systems;
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collaborative environmental research work;
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consultancy to industrialists;
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coordination for Tanzania Proficiency
Testing Scheme (TPTS);
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provision of Edible Salt Proficiency Testing
at National and EAC level;
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provision of Drinking Water Proficiency
Testing Scheme at National level;
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coordination of SADC Proficiency Testing
Scheme;
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air quality monitoring.
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Food Laboratory |
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The Food Laboratory provides the following
services: |
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test facilities for all food and agricultural
commodities;
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chemical analysis of food including proximate
composition such as moisture content, oil
content, protein, mineral ash and acid insoluble
ash and mineral contaminants;
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checks to ensure that food products are
manufactured with due regard to good
manufacturing practices;
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national technical assistance and consultation
with regard to ISO 17025 implementation on the
testing laboratories, method validation and
uncertainty of measurements and internal audit
for microbiology laboratories.
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Material Testing Laboratory (MTL)
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TBS offers the facility for material testing.
Material Testing Laboratory is designed to
perform vigorous testing and competent
assessment of components and equipment to meet
relevant safety requirements. MTL offers
type-testing to any national or international
standards as well as testing for certification
for the purpose of approving products which
are manufactured in accordance with
established Tanzania standards. |
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The Material Testing Laboratory has three
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Building and Construction Section
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designed for the testing of building materials
as well as building components for properties
such as strength and deformation properties,
tightness, composition and dimensional changes
and
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performs field investigations for various load
tests and drilling of concrete cores from
completed constructions for testing of strength.
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Mechanical Engineering Section
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equipped with facilities for testing metallic
materials with a wide range of tests being
carried out to determine different properties of
metals and
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offers consultancy services such as
suitability for use of products needing general
mechanical tests using local, national and
international standards.
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Electrical Engineering Section
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designed for testing households and similar
electrical appliances as well as electrical
materials and accessories and
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equipped with a modern multiple Earth Loop
impedance’s prospective short circuit currents
and for earth leakage circuit currents and for
earth leakage circuit breaker testing in
buildings.
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Textile, Leather and Condom Laboratory |
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provides test facilities for both textiles,
leather and condom industries;
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trains textiles, leather and condom analysts
in good laboratory techniques;
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for textile testing, it is equipped with
fibro-graph, pressley strength tester, cotton
trash analyzer, ulster yarn evenness tester,
xenon arc for testing colour fastness to
artificial light, exposure rack for testing
colour fastness to daylight, perspirometer and
washing machine. For leather testing, it is
equipped with tensometer, lastometer,
permeometer, flexometer, rub fastness tester,
wrinklometer, water vapour permeability
tester, leather shrinkage tester, penetrometer,
adhesion tester. As for condom testing, the
lab is equipped with the condom dimensions
tester, bursting volume and pressure tester,
package seal integrity tester, freedom from
holes tester and quantity of lubricant tester.
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Metrology Laboratory |
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An accredited laboratory which has been given
the statutory responsibility for establishing
custody and maintenance of the National
Measurement Standards related to all physical
parameters, at internationally accepted level of
accuracy.
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Undertakes apex level calibration of
measurement standards and precision instruments
in various fields of measurements such as
length, mass, temperature, force, volume
(including vertical and horizontal bulk storage
tanks) pressure, D.C. and A.C.
measurements.
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Information and its Dissemination |
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Information centre |
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TBS has a well equipped library which provides
the following services: |
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information on standards and standards related
materials to TBS staff, industrialists, business
community, academia, researchers, and consumers;
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maintains Tanzania national standards, foreign
national standards, international standards,
like ISO, IEC, Codex Alimentarius,
laws and regulations, journals and other
publications related to standardization and
quality assurance;
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selling standards, both national and foreign;
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enquiry services - reference
to documents;
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reference services -
refers the client to
most appropriate source where he/she can get
the information he/she needs, which the
library is unable to provide;
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provision of current awareness services
- As new information is acquired, members of
staff are informed digitally or
by phone or by
circulation of lists of new arrivals.
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National Enquiry Point for WTO /Technical
Barrier to Trade (NEP)
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NEP handles information on technical
regulations and standards adopted or proposed
to be adopted and conformity assessment
procedures adopted or proposed to be adopted.
It uses the resources available in the library
to answer enquiries from exporters and
importers in Tanzania and abroad. |
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Services rendered by NEP |
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receive and disseminate WTO/TBT
notifications from Geneva Secretariat to
stakeholders in Tanzania;
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send notifications of proposed Tanzania’s
technical regulations and conformity procedures
to WTO/TBT Secretariat to Geneva
through the Ministry of Industry, Trade and
Marketing Focal Point;
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responding to requests for information from WTO members regarding Tanzania national
standards, technical regulations and
conformity assessment procedures;
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responding to requests for information from
the business community in Tanzania on foreign
national standards, technical regulations and
conformity assessment procedures.
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Technical Assistance to Importers and
Exporters (TAIE)
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TAIE is a service which provides exporters and
importers with essential information and
advice on foreign technical requirements in
foreign markets. TAIE provides this
information through a variety of sources,
technical publications in the library,
pre-shipment inspection, and technical
research and consultancy.
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Training and consultancy services |
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In order to promote standardization and
quality assurance services in industry and
commerce; TBS, via its Quality Control
Section, conducts training and offers
consultancy services to organizations. The
training and consultancy services are
categorized into organization standardization,
quality assurance, quality improvement and
laboratory techniques.
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