G/SPS/N/BDI/48, G/SPS/N/KEN/204  
G/SPS/N/RWA/41, G/SPS/N/TZA/262  
G/SPS/N/UGA/245  
 
9 March 2023  
(23-1739) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Cereals (HS code(s): 10); Cereals, pulses and derived products 
(ICS code(s): 67.060)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to t he extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DEAS 72: 2023, Processed cereal -based foods for older 
infants and young children — Specification . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  14 
Draft: 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/RWA/23_1413_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for processed cereal -based foods intended for feeding older 
infants and youn g children as a complementary food and as part of diversified diet.  
The standard excludes both fortified and unfortified composite flours as covered in 
EAS 1024, EAS 782 and EAS 741.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CXS 74 -1981, Standard for Processed Cereal -Based 
Foods for Infants and Young Children  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic  
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BDI/48  • G/SPS/N/KEN/204 • G/SPS/N/RWA/41  • G/SPS/N/TZA/262 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/245  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− AOAC 942.05, Ash of animal feed  
− AOAC  983.23, Simplified gravimetric determination of total fat in food composites after 
chloroform -methanol extraction  
− AOAC 986.18, Determination of Deoxynivalenol in wheat — Gas chromatographic 
method  
− AOAC 995.13, Carbohydrate in Coffee: AOAC Method 995.13 vs  a New Fast Ion 
Chromatography Method  
− AOAC 2000.17, Determination of Trace Glucose and Fructose  
− AOAC 2001.06, Total fumonisins in corn. Competitive direct enzyme -linked 
immunosorbent assay  
− AOAC 2015.002, Standard Method Performance Requirements SM (SMPRs) for Total 
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) in Infant and Adult/ Pediatric Nutritional Formula  
− CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
− CODEX STAN 234, Recommended methods of analysis and sampling  
− EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirement s 
− EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry ― Code of practice  
− EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products ― Determination of total cyanogens ― 
Enzymatic assay method  
− EAS 900, Cereals and pulses ― Sampling  
− ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products ― Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
− ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
− ISO 5506, Soya bean products — Determination of urease activ ity 
− ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
− ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry 
Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium content — Part 
1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
− ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 2: Method using flame at omic absorption spectrometry  
− 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 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination  of lead content — 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
− ISO 6869, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of the contents of calcium, copper, 
iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium and zinc — Method using atomic 
absorption spectrometry  
− ISO 8968-2, Milk ― Determination of nitrogen content ― Part 2: Block -digestion 
method (Macro method)  
− ISO 9648, Sorghum — Determination of tannin content  
− ISO 14902, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of trypsin inhibitor activity of soya 
products  
− 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 liquid chromatographic method  
− 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  
− ISO/TS 17919, Microbiology of the food chain — Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for 
the detection of food -borne pathogens — Detection of botulinum type A, B, E and F 
neurotoxin -producing clostridia  
− ISO 20633, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin E and 
vitamin A by normal phase high performanc e liquid chromatography  
− ISO 20636, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin D by 
liquid chromatography -mass spectrometry  
(available in English)  G/SPS/N/BDI/48  • G/SPS/N/KEN/204 • G/SPS/N/RWA/41  • G/SPS/N/TZA/262 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/245  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 May 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/m m/yy) : 30 June 2023  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 8 May 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
availab le) of other body:   
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Toll Free: 3250  
Tel: +(250) 788303492  
E-mail: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: http://www.rsb.gov.rw  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: