G/TBT/N/RWA/414  
20 November 2020  
(20-8378) 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):  Vegetables 
and derived products (ICS 67.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 448: 2020 
Vegetable p owder — Specification (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for vegetable powder intended for human consumption.  
It does not apply to any vegetable powder/flour  which is a subject of standard designated 
by a specific name.  
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:   
• CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for conta minants and toxins in food 
and feed  
• CODEX STAN 228, General method of analysis for contaminants  
• ISO 1026, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of dry matter content 
by drying under reduced pressure and of water content by azeotropic distillation  
• ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: G/TBT/N/RWA/414  
 
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  Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 - bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucu ronide  
• ISO 6541, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
Modified Scharrer method  
• RS EAS 82, Milled cereal products ― Methods of test (General methods)  
• 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 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Co lony count at 30°C by the pour plate 
technique  
• RS ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content 
— General method  
• RS ISO 6579, 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 composition of MSRV 
and SC  
• RS ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal metho d for the 
enumeration of coagulasepositive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• RS ISO 763, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
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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