G/TBT/N/RWA/385  
20 November 2020  
(20-8382) 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 [   ], 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 58: 2020 
Flaked breakfast cereals —Specification (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for ready -to-eat flaked breakfas t cereals for human 
consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment; Quality 
requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 2001.04, Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and corn flakes.  
• AOAC 999.11, Lead, cadmium, Copper, Iron and Zinc in foods Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry after dryashing  
• ISO 6541, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
Modified Scharrer met hod 
• RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General standard for food hygiene  
• RS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• RS EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of prepacked foods  G/TBT/N/RWA/385  
 
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  • RS ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
• 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-
performa nce liquid chromatographic method  
• RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of ß -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli —Part 2: 
Colony -count technique at 44 °C using 5 - bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl  ß-D-
glucuronide  
• RS ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crudeprotein content — Kjeldahl method  
• RS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology 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 0,95  
• RS ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
• RS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products  — Sampling  
• RS 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  
• 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.  
• RS 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: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• RS ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — 
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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