G/TBT/N/RWA /268  
6 August 2019  
(19-5109) 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 Standards 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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 418: 2019 
Pumpkin s eed flour — Specification (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for pumpkin seed flour intended for human consumption. This 
Draft Rwanda Standard is not applicable to pumpkin pulp flour.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature o f urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 2001.13, Determination of Vitamin A (Retinol) in Foods  
• AOAC 923.03, Ash of Flour (Direct Method)  
• EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
• RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General principles of food hygiene  
• RS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• RS CODEXSTAN 193, Codex general standards for contaminants and toxins in 
food and feed  
• RS EAS  38, Labelling of Pre -packaged Foods  G/TBT/N/RWA/268  
 
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  • 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 chromatographic method  
• RS ISO 16649 -2, Micro biology 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  
• RS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiol ogy of food and animal feedstuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
• RS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
• RS ISO 24557, Pu lses — Determination of moisture content — Air oven method  
• RS ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content 
— General method  
• RS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
• 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.  
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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