G/TBT/N/RWA/687  
5 August 2022  
(22-5834) Page: 1/3 
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)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Oilseeds 
(ICS code(s): 67.200.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified docum ent: DRS 508: 2022, 
Pumpkin seeds — Specification; (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standards specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for pumpkin seeds from the varieties (Cucurbita pepo L., 
Cucurbita max ima) intended for human consumption.  
This standard applies to raw pumpkin seeds and roasted pumpkin seeds.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 2001.13, Vitamin A(Retionol) in Foods. Liquid Chromatography  
2. AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in 
Foods— Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry  
3. RS CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene  
4. RS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
5. RS CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food an d 
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  6. RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
7. RS ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content 
of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-
performance liquid chromat ographic method  
8. RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — 
Part 2: Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl 
beta-D-glucuronide  
9. RS ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
10. RS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of ye asts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count 
technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
11. RS ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
12. RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
13. RS ISO 542, Oilseeds — Sampling  
14. RS ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content 
— General method  
15. RS IS O 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
16. RS ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, 
and species and variety — Test methods  
17. 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.  
18. RS ISO 659, Oilseeds — Determination of oil content (Reference method)  
19. RS ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic 
content — Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
20. RS ISO 665, Oilseeds — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
21. RS ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positi ve staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) — Part 1: Method using Baird -Parker agar medium  
22. RS ISO 729, Oilseeds — Determination of acidity of oils  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/RWA/687  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
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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