G/TBT/N/RWA/327  
8 January 2020  
(20-0167) 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 Stan dards 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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1024: 
2019 Fortified composite flour — Specification (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African S tandard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for fortified composite flour intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality req uirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
AOAC 953.17, Thiamine (vitamin B1) in grain products. Fluor  
AOAC 970.65, Riboflavin(Vitamin B2) in Foods and Vitamin Pr  
AOAC 975.41, Niacin and Niacinamide in Cereal Products  
AOAC 961.15, Method modification for liquid chromatographic determination of thiamine, 
riboflavin, and pyridoxine in medical foods.  
AOAC 2004.05, Total Folates in Cereal  
AOAC 2001.13, Determination of Vitamins A (Retinol) and  E (alpha -Tocopherol) in Foods 
by Liquid Chromatography: Collaborative Study  
CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products — Determination of total cyanogens — Enzymatic 
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  EAS 782, Composite flour —Specification  
EAS 900, Cereals and pulses — Sampling  
EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
EAS 803, Nutrition la belling — Requirements  
EAS 804, Claims on foods — Requirements  
EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims — Requirements  
ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of beta - glucuronidase -positive Es cherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -count 
technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feedstuffs — 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  
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  
ISO 5498, Agricultu ral food products — Determination of crude fibre content — General 
method  
ISO 5506, Soya bean products — Determination of urease activity  
ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables a nd 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 atomic absorpt ion 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 con tent — 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique usi ng Baird -Parker agar medium  
ISO 7305, Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
ISO 9648, Sorghum — Determination of tannin content  
ISO 20634, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin B12 by 
reversed phase high performan ce liquid chromatography (RP -HPLC)  
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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