G/TBT/N/RWA/429  
10 December 2020  
(20-8894) 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):  Butter 
(ICS 67.100.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1032: 
2020 Cocoa butter for food industry — Specification (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cocoa butter for human consump tion. 
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; Qu ality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
DEAS 1030, Cocoa beans — Specification  
AOAC 960.31, Fatty acids (water -insoluble) and butyric acid  
AOAC 975.13 -, Unsaponifiable Matter in Cocoa Butter - Ether  
AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
Codex Stan 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
CAC/GL 50; General guidelines on sampling  
CAC/GL 75, Guidelines on substances used as processing aids  
EAS 38, La belling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
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 G/TBT/N/RWA/429  
 
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  liquid chromatographic method  
ISO 16654 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs ― Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli O157  
ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs ― Horizonta l method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) ― Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain ― Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of salmonella ― Part 1: Detection of salmonella spp.  
ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain ― Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms ― Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
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ISO 15141, Cereals and cereal products ― Determination of ochratoxin A ― High 
performance liquid chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column cleanup and 
fluorescence.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry i nto 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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