G/TBT/N/RWA/310  
8 January 2020  
(20-0141) 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):  Cheese 
(ICS 67.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1012: 
2019 Cheese — Specification — Mozzarella cheese (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for mozzarella cheese intended for direct consumption or for 
further processing.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 926.08, Loss on drying (moisture) in cheese  
AOAC  980.21, Aflatoxin M1 in milk and cheese, Thin –layer chromatography  
CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
CODEX ST AN 283, General standard for cheese  
ISO 1735, Cheese and processed cheese products — Determination of fat content — 
Gravimetric method (Reference method)  G/TBT/N/RWA/310  
 
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  ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of co liforms — Colony -count technique  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of salmonella — Part 1: Detection of salmonella SPP.  
ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of betaglucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -count 
technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming unit s of yeasts 
and/or moulds —Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C  
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: Tech nique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria SPP. — Part 2: Enumeration 
method  
ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on  sampling  
ISO 8197, Milk and milk products — Sampling — Inspection by variables  
ISO 5738, Milk and milk products — Determination of copper content — Photometric 
method (reference method)  
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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