G/TBT/N/RWA/430  
10 December 2020  
(20-8887) 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):  Chocolate 
(ICS 67.190)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1033: 
2020 Chocolate and chocolate products — Specification (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for chocolate and chocolate prod ucts for human consumption.  
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; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements.  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
AOAC 963.15, Fat in Cacao Products  
AOAC 931.05, Cacao Mass (Fat -Free) of Chocolate Liquor  
AOAC 945.34, Fat (Milk) in Milk Chocolate  
AOAC 920.80, Milk Fat in Milk Chocolate  
AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods — Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry after Microwave Digestion  
AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods  
AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in Food  
AOAC 986.15, Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Selenium, and Zinc in Human and Pet Foods  
CODEX STAN 234, Methods of Analysis and Sampling  G/TBT/N/RWA/430  
 
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  CODEX STAN 192, Genera l standard for food additives  
ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli O157  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyp ing of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
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 
ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal 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  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be d etermined  
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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