G/TBT/N/RWA/469  
29 July 2021  
(21-5893) 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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 470: 2021, 
Banana flour — Specification (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies re quirements, sampling 
and test methods for green/unripe banana flour intended for human consumption or for 
other use in the food industry.  
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:   
AOAC 923.03, Ash of Flour (Direct Method)  
AOAC 965.22, Sorting corn grits. Sieving method  
RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General principles of food hygiene  
RS CODEX 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 B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-performance 
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  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 5 - bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
RS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and ani mal 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 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
RS ISO 24557, Pulses — Determin ation of moisture content — Air oven method  
RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of micro -organisms — Part 1: Colony -count at 30 degrees C — Pour plate 
technique  
RS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determin ation 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. — 
Amendment 1: Broader range of incubation temp eratures, amendment to the status of 
Annex D, and correction of the composition of MSRV and SC  
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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