List of steps

(Total number of steps: 4)

Obtain import permit (4)

Submit application for import permit

Pay for import permit

Obtain TFDA receipt

Obtain import permit

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Obtain import permit

(last modified: 5/12/2016)

Timeframe ( see details )

5 mn - 15 mn

Contact details

Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) HQ

Entity in charge

Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) HQ

Off Mandela Road, Mabibo - External , Dar es Salaam P.o.Box: 77150
Tel: +255 22 2450512 / +255 22 2450751
Fax: +255 22 2450793
Email: info@tfda.or.tz
Website: www.tfda.or.tz

Unit in charge

TFDA Customer Service

Mon:	08:30-01:00, 02:30-00:00
Tue:	08:30-01:00, 02:30-00:00
Wed:	08:30-01:00, 02:30-00:00
Thu:	08:30-01:00, 02:30-00:00
Fri:	08:30-01:00, 02:30-00:00

Person in charge

Sigifrid Mtey

TFDA Customer Service officer
Tel: +255 653649019
Email: sigimtey@gmail.com

Expected results

Import permit

Requirements

TFDA Payment receipt (original)

Time frame

Waiting time in queue: Max. 5mn

Attention at counter: Min. 5mn - Max. 10mn

Legal justification

THE TANZANIA FOOD, DRUGS AND COSMETICS ACT, CAP 219, 2003

Additional information

Import permits for food, medicine, cosmetics and medical devices look the same they only differ in details of the products

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Recourse: Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) HQ