G/TBT/N/RWA/265  
6 August 2019  
(19-5106) 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):  
Non-alcoholic beverages (ICS 67.160.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 414: 2019 
Sugarcane juice  — Specification (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for sugarcane juice intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Qual ity requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 950.17, Official Method Citric Acid in Non -alcoholic Beverages  
• AOAC 950.21, Official Method Acidity (Volatile) in Non -alcoholic Beverages  
• AOAC  999.10, Official Method Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods  —
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry  
• RS CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene  — Code of practice  
• RS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• RS EAS 12, Potable water  — Specification  
• RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — G/TBT/N/RWA/265  
 
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  Part 2: Colony -count  technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl 
beta-D-glucuronide  
• RS ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of pH  
• RS ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1: Colony count 
technique in products with water activity greater than 0,95  
• RS ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of soluble solids — 
Refractometric method  
• RS ISO 2448, Fruit and vegetable products – Determination of e thanol content  
• RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding  stuffs — 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 Salmonel la — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
• RS ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of arsenic 
content – Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric 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  
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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