G/TBT/N/RWA/787  
23 January 2023  
(23-0537) 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 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Non-
alcoholic beverages (ICS code(s): 67.160.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:  DRS 79: 2023, 
Flavoured soft drinks — Specification  
6. Description of content:  1.1 This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for flavoured soft drinks.  
1.2 This standard applies to soft drinks flavoured with fruits, plant parts or their extracts 
other than fruits, or other food flavourings (natural/synthetic).  
1.3 This standard does not apply to soft drinks covered by specific individual standards  
7. Objective and rationa le, including the 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:   
1. AOAC 950.17, Official Method Citric Acid in non -alcoholic Beverages  
2. AOAC 950.27, Solids (total) in non -alcoholic beverages  
3. AOAC 950.29, Sucrose in non -alcoholic beverages  
4. AOAC 950.31, Official Method, Glucose (Commercial) in non -alcoholic Beverages  
5. AOAC 980.19,  Tin in food, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric method  G/TBT/N/RWA/787  
 
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  6. AOAC 999.10, Lead, cadmium, zinc, copper and iron in food, Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry  
7. RS CXC 1, General principles of food hygiene  
8. RS CXS 192, General standard for food additives  
9. RS EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
10. RS EAS 38, General standard for labeling of prepackaged foods  
11. RS 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  
12. RS ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of pH  
13. RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeratio n of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 
degrees C by the pour plate technique  
14. RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
15. RS ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal fee ding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
aureus and other species) — Part 1: Technique using  Baird-Parker agar medium  
16. 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  
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 [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
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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