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DE RUEHDR #1886 3341318
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P 301318Z NOV 06
FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5178
INFO RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY

UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 001886 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EB/TPP/ABT/BTT; ALSO AF/E FOR BYODER 
USDA/FAS/BIOTECH GARUOP FOR BSIMMONS AND PJOSEPH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAGR ECON ETRD TZ
SUBJECT: TANZANIA: DEMARCHE ON INTRODUCING A PROJECT 
DOCUMENT ON LOW LEVEL PRESENCE OF RDNA PLANT MATERIAL AT 
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS TASK FORCE ON BIOTECHNOLOGY 
 
REF: STATE 183520 
 
The Government of Tanzania (GOT) did not receive an 
invitation in enough time to make preparations to attend the 
ad hoc meeting of the Task Force on Biotechnology of the 
Codex Alimentarius Commission in Chiba Japan, according to 
Dr. Claude Mosha, Chief Standards Officer in the Food and 
Agricultural Section of the Tanzanian Bureau of Standards. 
Mosha assured EconOff that the reftel points and background 
paper would be transmitted to the appropriate officials at 
the Tanzanian Embassy in Tokyo who will represent the GOT at 
this meeting.  Mosha said he would encourage these 
representatives to meet with the U.S. delegation in Chiba 
should they have questions on the United States' proposal to 
begin new work to develop an annex to the RDNA plant 
guideline. 
RETZER