G/TBT/N/BDI/220  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1229  
G/TBT/N/RWA/646  
G/TBT/N/TZA/721  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1553  
10 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):  Milk and 
processed milk products (ICS 67.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 70: 2022, 
Dairy ice cream — Specification (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard spec ifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for dairy ice cream intended 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; Quality requirements; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods 
Atomic absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
2. CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products CODEX STAN 
192, Codex general standard for food additives  
3. EAS 12, Potable water — Specification EAS 16,  Plantation (mill) white sugar — 
Specification  
4. EAS 22, Butter — Specification  G/TBT/N/BDI/220, G/TBT/N/KEN/1229, G/TBT/N/RWA/646, G/TBT/N/TZA/721, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1553  
 
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  5. EAS 36; Honey — Specification EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — 
General requirements  
6. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of 
practice  
7. EAS 4 9, Milk powders and cream powder — Specification EAS 69, Pasteurized 
milk — Specification  
8. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
9. ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogene s and of Listeria spp. — 
Part 2: Enumeration method  
10. ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
11. ISO 18068, Cotton fibres — Test method for sugar content — 
Spectrophotometry  
12. ISO 21871, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the determination of low numbers of presumptive Bacillus cereus — Most 
probable number technique and detection meth od 
13. ISO 22184, Milk and milk products —Determination of the sugar contents —High 
performance anion exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric 
detection method (HPAEC -PAD) 
14. ISO 2446, Milk — Determination of fat content  
15. 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  
16. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
17. ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of 
yeasts and/or moulds — Colonycount technique at 25 degrees C  
18. ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk — Determination of total solids 
content ( Reference method)  
19. ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN 
technique for low numbers  
20. ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
21. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
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  G/TBT/N/BDI/220, G/TBT/N/KEN/1229, G/TBT/N/RWA/646, G/TBT/N/TZA/721, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1553  
 
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  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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