G/TBT/N/RWA/413  
20 November 2020  
(20-8377) 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)  
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):  Ice cream 
and ice confectionery (ICS 67.100.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 447: 2020 
Macadamia b utter — Specification (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for macadamia butter intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re 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:   
• AOAC  926.08, Rapid Determination of Moisture/Solids and Fat in Dairy Products 
by Microwave and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis  
• AOAC 999.10, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after dry ashin g 
• ISO 1735, Cheese and processed cheese products — Determination of fat content 
— Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
• ISO 1854, Determination of fat content — Gravimetric method (Reference 
method)  
• ISO 8197, Milk and milk products — Sampling inspection by  variables  G/TBT/N/RWA/413  
 
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  • RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General Principles for food hygiene  
• 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 — 
Part 2: Colony -count technique at 44  degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl 
beta-D-glucuronide  
• RS ISO 1738, Butter — Determination of salt content  
• RS 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  
• RS ISO 3727 -3, Butter — Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat 
contents — Part 3: Cal culation of fat content  
• RS ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide 
value — Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
• RS ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of  coliforms — Colony -count technique  
• RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30°C by the pour plate 
technique  
• RS ISO 5538, Milk and milk products — Sampling inspection by  attributes  
• RS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
• RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp  
• RS ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony — forming units 
of yeasts and/or  moulds — Colony -count technique at 25°C  
• RS ISO 662, Animal and vegetable fats and oils —Determination of moisture and 
volatile matter content — Specification  
• RS ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumera tion of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
aureus and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• RS ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
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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