G/TBT/N/RWA/321  
8 January 2020  
(20-0159) 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 Stan dards 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):  Fruits. 
Vegetables (ICS 67.080)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 430: 2019 
Dried banana — Specification (17 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for dried banana from Musa spp of the fami ly Musaceae 
intended for direct human consumption or for other use in the food industry.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 972.20, Determination of Moisture content -in dried fruits  
CAC/RCP 3, Code of hygienic practice for dried fruits  
CAC/RCP 3, Code of hygienic practice for dried fruits  
RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice —General Principle for Food Hygiene  
RS COD EX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
RS CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods —General requirements  
RS ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B 1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts 
and derived products —High performance liquid chromatographic method  
RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology 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 5bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  G/TBT/N/RWA/321  
 
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  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 i n products with 
water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
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 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 6633, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of lead content — Flameless 
atomic absorption spectrometric method  
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 763, Fruit and vegetable products —Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
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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