G/TBT/N/BDI/271  
18 October  2022 
(22-7829) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : BURUNDI  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 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.: +257281045/+25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: 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 [ ], 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) : Alcoholic 
beverages (ICS code : 67.160.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Boisson 
alcoolisée au gingembre  (Ginger alcoholic beverage); (9 pages, in French)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Burundian standard specifies the 
requirements and methods of sampling and analysis for ginger alcoholic beverages . It 
does not apply to other ginger products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applica ble: Consumer information, labelling ; Protection of human health and safety ; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  
NB CODEX S TAN 192: G eneral standard for food additives  
NB EAS 12: P otable water - Specifications  
ISO 6634: F ruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic content - 
Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
ISO 6633: F ruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometri c method  
ISO 6637: F ruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of mercury content - 
Flameless atomic absorption method  G/TBT/N/BDI/271  
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  ISO 6561 -2: Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium content 
- Part 2 : Method using flame atomic ab sorption spectrometry  
ISO 6579 -1: Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1 : Detection of Salmonella spp.  
NB EAS 38: L abelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
NB EAS 39: H ygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
NB EAS 100: F oodstuffs - Methods of determination of lead  
ISO 4833 -1: Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microor ganisms - Part 1 : Colony count at 30°C by the pour plate technique  
NB EAS 104: A lcoholic beverages - Methods of sampling and test  
NB CAC/GL 50 : General guidelines on sampling  
NB EAS 804: C laims on foods - Requirements  
NB EAS 805: U se of nutrition and healt h claims - Requirements  
ISO 1842: F ruit and vegetable products - Determination of pH  
ISO 750: F ruit and vegetable products - Determination of titratable acidity  
ISO 7251 :2005 -Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detec tion and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable number 
technique  
ISO 21527 -1: Chemical analysis of aluminosilicate refractory products (alternative to the 
X-ray fluorescence method) - Part 1 : Apparatus, reagents, dissolution and gravim etric 
silica 
9. Proposed date of adoption : 31 October 2 022 
Proposed date of entry into force : 6 months after adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of 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:  
National Enquiry Point of BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel.: +25722281045 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.bbnburundi.org  
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