G/TBT/N/RWA/790  
23 January 2023  
(23-0546) 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):  
Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS code(s): 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 149: 2023, 
Cooked packaged beans — Specification; (19 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cooked packaged beans (Phas eolus vulgarisL.) 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 protection; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO 11289, Heat -processed foods in hermetically sealed containers — 
Determination of pH  
2. RS 288, Mixed beans — Specification  
3. RS 350Iron bio -fortified beans — Specification  
4. RS 362, Fish flour — Specification  
5. RS CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene  
6. RS CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  G/TBT/N/RWA/790  
 
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  7. RS CODEX STAN 193, Codex general Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in 
Food and Feed  
8. RS EAS 12,  Potable water — Specification  
9. RS EAS 35, Fortified edible salt — Specification  
10. RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  
11. RS EAS 46, Dry beans — Specification  
12. 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  
13. RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding s tuffs — 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  
14. RS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuf fs — 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  
15. RS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
16. 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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