G/TBT/N/BDI/77  
12 February 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815/+25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbn -burundi.org  
Web site: www.bbnburundi.org  
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 [ X], 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):  Sugar and 
sugar products (ICS 67.180.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Raw cane sugar 
— Specification (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:   
This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sam pling and methods of test for 
raw sugar produced from sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum ), and intended for further 
processing to make it fit for human consumption"  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• EAS 38,  Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
• EAS 39 , Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
• ISO 6579  -1 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
• ICUMSA Method GS 1/2/3/9 -1, The Determination of Polarisation of Raw Sugar by 
Polarimetry  
• ICUMSA Method GS 1/3/4/7/8 -13, The Determination of Conductivity Ash in Raw 
Sugar  
• ICUMSA Method GS 1/3 -7, The Determination of Raw Sugar Solution Colour at pH 
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  • ICUMSA Method GS 1/3/7 -3, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Cane Raw 
Sugar, Lane+Eynon Procedure  
• ICUMSA Method GS 1 -5, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in Cane Raw 
Sugar, Luff -Schoorl Procedure  
• ICUMSA Method GS 1 -10, The Determination of Ash in Raw Sugar by Single 
Sulphation  
• ICUMSA Method GS 1 -16, The Determination of Starch i n Raw Sugar by the BSES 
method  
• ICUMSA method GS 1 -17, The Determination of Starch in Raw Sugar by the SPRI 
Rapid Starch Test  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3/9 -15, The Determination of Sugar Moisture by Loss on 
Drying  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3 -27, The Determination of Lead in Sugar Products by a 
Colorimetric Method  
• ICUMSA Method GS 2/3 -23, The Determination of Arsenic and Lead in White Sugar, 
Atomic Adsorption Spectroscopy  
• ICUMSA Method GS 9/1/2/3 -8, The Determination of Raw Sugar Solution Colour at 
pH 7.0, MOPS Method  
• ISO 7251,  Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable 
number technique  
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:   
Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnb -urundi.org  
Web site: www.bbnburundi.org