G/TBT/N/RWA/270  
6 August 2019  
(19-5111) 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:  RWANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
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:   
Rwanda Standards Board  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O. BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw   
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 416: 2019 
Sesame fl our — Specification (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for sesame flour from the varieties (Sesamun indicum.L.) for 
human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protect ion of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC  999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry after Micro wave Digestion  
• RS CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
• RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General req uirements  
• RS ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
• RS ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and 
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  • RS ISO 21527 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count 
technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95 
• RS ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
• RS ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content 
— General method  
• RS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insolub le in 
hydrochloric acid  
• RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp  
• RS ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of ac id value 
and acidity  
• RS ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic 
content — Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
• RS ISO 665, Oilseeds — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
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:   
KK 15 Rd, 49  
Toll Free: 3250  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
P.O. BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
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