G/TBT/N/BDI/225  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1234  
G/TBT/N/RWA/651  
G/TBT/N/TZA/726  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1558  
11 March 2022  
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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, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA   
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):  Sugar and 
sugar products (ICS 67.180.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 770: 
2022, Fortified sugar — Specification (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies t he requirements, 
sampling and test methods of for fortified light brown sugar and fortified brown sugar and 
fortified plantation (mill) white sugar and fortified refined white sugar intended for human 
consumption. This standard does not apply to sugar inte nded for industrial use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requir ements; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 2001.13, Vitamin A(Retionol) in Foods. Liquid Chromatography  
2. EAS 16, Plantation (mill) white sugar — Specification  
3. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
4. EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  G/TBT/N/BDI/225, G/TBT/N/KEN/1234, G/TBT/N/RWA/651, G/TBT/N/TZA/726, 
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  5. EAS 749, Brown sugars — Specification EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — 
Requirements  
6. EAS 804, Claims on foods — Requirements EAS 805, Use of nutritional and 
health claims — Requirement  
7. ICUMSA GS 2/3 -35, The Determination of Sulphite in Brown Sugars  
8. ICUMSA Method GS 1/2/3/9 -1, The Determination of the Polarisation of Raw 
Sugar by Polarimetry  
9. ICUMSA Method GS 1/3/4/7/8 -13, The Determi nation of Conductivity Ash in 
Raw Sugar, Brown Sugar, Juice, Syrup and Molasses  
10. ICUMSA Method GS 2/1/3/9 -15, The Determination of Sugar Moisture by Loss 
on Drying  
11. ICUMSA Method GS 2/3/9 -19, The Determination of Insoluble Matter in White 
Sugar by Membrane Filtration  
12. ICUMSA Method GS 2/9 -6, The Determination of Reducing Sugars in White 
Sugar and Plantation White Sugar by the Modified Ofner Titrimetric Method  
13. ICUMSA Method GS 9/1/2/3 -8, The Determination of Sugar Solution Colour at 
pH 7.0 by the MOPS  Method  
14. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feedstuffs — 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  
15. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food ch ain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour 
plate technique  
16. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: D etection of 
Salmonella spp.  
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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