G/TBT/N/RWA/306  
8 January 2020  
(20-0137) 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 Stan dards 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):  Milk and 
processed milk products (ICS 67.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1008: 
2019 Fermented (cultured) milk — Specification (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African St andard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for fermented (cultured) milk for human consumption. This 
Standard does not apply to yoghurt covered in EAS 33.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicab le: Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 999.11, Official Method, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods — Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk pro ducts  
CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of List eria SPP. — Part 2: Enumeration method  
ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — Clean -up by 
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  chromatography  
ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal  feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts and/or 
moulds —Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C  
ISO 6731, Milk, cream and ev aporated milk — Determination of total solids content 
(Reference method)  
ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Methods of sampling  
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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