G/TBT/N/BDI/221  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1230  
G/TBT/N/RWA/647  
G/TBT/N/TZA/722  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1554  
10 March 2022  
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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, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA   
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 [   ], 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 915: 
2022, Ghee — Specification (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for ghee intended for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protectio n; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 999.10, Official method for Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in foods Atomic 
absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
EAS 22, Butter — Specification EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General 
requirements  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
EAS 67, Raw cow milk — Specification EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  G/TBT/N/BDI/221, G/TBT/N/KEN/1230, G/TBT/N/RWA/647, G/TBT/N/TZA/722, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1554  
 
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  ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — Clean -up 
by immunoaffinity chromatography and det ermination by high -performance liquid 
chromatography  
ISO 1740, Milkfat products and butter — Determination of fat acidity (reference method)  
ISO 3727 -1, Butter — Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents — Part 
1: Determination of moisture  content (Reference method)  
ISO 3727 -3, Butter — Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents — Part 
2: Determination of non -fat solids content (Reference method)  
ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide value — 
Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
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  
ISO 6320, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of refractive index  
ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of melting point in open 
capillary tubes (slip point)  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and se rotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts and/or 
moulds — Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C  
ISO 663, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of insoluble impurities 
content  
ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low n umbers  
ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
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:   
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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