G/TBT/N/RWA/791  
23 January 2023  
(23-0539) 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)  
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 [  ], 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):  (HS 
code(s): 1005); Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS code(s): 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 150: 2023, 
Cooked packaged maize — Specification; (19 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cooked packaged maize (Zea mays indentataL. and/or Zea 
mays indurataL. or their hybrids) intended for human consumption.  
This standard does not include corn -on-the-cob. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 11289, Heat -processed foods in hermetically sealed con tainers — 
Determination of pH  
2. AOAC 985.16,Tin in Canned Foods. Atomic absorption Spectrophotometric 
method  
3. RS CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene  
4. RS CODEX STAN 192,General standard for food additives  G/TBT/N/RWA/791  
 
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  5. RS CODEX STAN 193,General  Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and 
Feed 
6. RS EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
7. RS EAS 2, Maize Grains — Specification  
8. RS EAS 22, Butter — Specification  
9. RS EAS 35, Fortified edible salt — Specification  
10. RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  
11. 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  
12. RS ISO 16649 -2, Mic robiology 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  
13. RS ISO 21527 -2, Microbi ology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count 
technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0,9  
14. RS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
15. 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 [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
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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