G/TBT/N/RWA/468  
29 July 2021  
(21-5890) 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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 469: 2021, 
Malted s orghum flour — Specification (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for malted sorghum flour intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including t he nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC  952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate method  
AOAC 965.22, Sorting corn grits. Sieving method  
AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods, Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry after Microwave Digestion  
ISO 15214, Microbiolog y of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of mesophilic lactic acid bacteria — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees 
C 
RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General principles of food hygiene  
RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre - package d foods— General requirements  
RS ISO 10520, Native starch — Determination of starch content — Ewers polarimetric 
method  
RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Es cherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -G/TBT/N/RWA/468  
 
- 2 - 
 
  count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
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 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
RS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
RS ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method  
RS ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
RS ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
General method  
RS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
RS ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
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. — 
Amendment 1: Broader range of incubation temperatures, amendment to the status of 
Annex D, and correction of the composi tion of MSRV and SC  
RS ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 1: Method using Baird -Parker agar medium  
9. Proposed date of ado ption:  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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/RWA/21_4882_00_e.pdf