G/TBT/N/RWA/260  
 
25 April 2019  
(19-2835) 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 Standards 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):  Cosmetics. 
Toiletries (ICS 71.100.70)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 967 -1: 
2019, Butter for cosmet ic use – Specification Part 1: Shea butter (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for shea butter for cosmetic use derived from the kernels of 
the sheanuts (Bu tyrospermum parkii). This standard does not cover products for which 
therapeutic claims are made.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant  documents:   
• ISO 15774, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of cadmium 
content by direct graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
• EAS 346, Labelling of cosmetics — General requirements  
• EAS 846, Glossary of terms relating to the cosmet ic industry  
• EAS 847 -16, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 16: Determination of lead, 
mercury and arsenic content  
• ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and 
acidity  G/TBT/N/RWA/260  
 
- 2 - 
 
  • ISO 662, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of moisture and 
volatile matter content  
• ISO 663, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of insoluble 
impurities content  
• ISO 3596, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of unsaponifiable 
matter — Method using diethyl e ther extraction  
• ISO 3657, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of saponification 
value  
• ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide value 
— Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
• ISO 3961, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of iodine value  
• ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms — Most probable number 
technique  
• ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Sampli ng 
• ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of melting point 
in open capillary tubes (Slip point)  
• ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of copper, iron 
and nickel contents — Graphite furnace atomic absorption meth od 
• ISO 18416, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of candida albicans  
• ISO 21149, Cosmetics — Microbiology -- Enumeration and detection of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria  
• ISO 21527 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method  for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds  
• ISO 22716, Cosmetics — Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) — Guidelines on 
Good Manufacturing Practices  
• ISO 22717, Cosmetics — Microbiology —Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
• ISO 22718, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Staphylococcus aureus  
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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/RWA/19_2451_00_e.pdf