G/TBT/N/BDI/78  
12 February 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815/+25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbn -burundi.org  
Web site: www.bbnburundi.org  
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 [X], 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):  Sugar and 
sugar products (ICS 67.180.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Refined white 
sugar — Specification (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:   
This Draft East African standard specifies requirements , sampling and test methods for 
refined white sugar intended for industrial use and/or human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
• EAS 348,Glossary of terms  used in confectionery trade  
• ISO 4833 -1:2013  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  
• ISO 6579 -1:Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
• ISO 21527 -2:Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs. Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Colony count technique in products with G/TBT/N/BDI/78  
 
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  water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3 -27 (1994): The Determination of Lead in Sugar Products 
by a Colorimetric Method  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3/9 -15, The Determination of Sugar Moisture by Loss on 
Drying  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -1,The Braunschweig Method for the Polarisation of White 
Sugar by P olarimetry  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -10, The Determination of White Sugar Solution Colour  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -17, The Determination of Conductivity Ash in Refined 
Sugar Products  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -23, Arsenic and Lead in White Sugar, Atom. Adsorp. 
Spectroscopy  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -29 (1994): The Determination of Copper in Refined Sugar 
Products by a Colorimetric Method  
• ICUMSA GS 2/3 -35, The Determination of Sulphite in Brown Sugars  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -5, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Purified 
Sugars by the Knight and Allen EDTA Method  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -19, The Determination of Insoluble Matter in White 
Sugar by Membrane Filtration  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -25 (2007) :The Determination of Arsenic in Refined 
Sugar Products by a Colorimetric Method  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/9 -6, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in White Sugar 
by Mod ified Ofner Method  
• ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable 
number   technique  
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:   
Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnb -urundi.org  
Web site: www.bbnburundi.org