G/TBT/N/RWA/399  
20 November 2020  
(20-8358) 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):  Fruits, 
vegetables and derived products in general (ICS 67.080.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 30 2: 2020 
Processed mushrooms — Specification (21 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard prescribes requirements, sampling 
and test methods for processed mushrooms of edible species.  
7. Objective and rationale, including  the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Reducing 
trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 967.19, water in dried vegetables  
• AOAC 967.24, Filth in mushrooms  
• AOAC 971.27, Sodium chloride in canned vegetables. Method I  
• ISO 1026, Fruit and vegetable products -- Determination of dry matter content 
by drying under reduced pr essure and of water content by azeotropic distillation  
• ISO 17239, Fruits, vegetables and derived products -- Determination of arsenic 
content -- Method using hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived product s -- Determination of lead 
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  • ISO 762, Fruit and vegetable products -- Determination of mineral impurities 
content  
• ISO 763, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochlor ic acid  
• ISO 9526, Fruits, vegetables and derived products -- Determination of iron 
content by flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO/TS 6579 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feed -- Horizontal method for 
the detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella -- Part 2: Enumeration 
by a miniaturized most probable number technique.  
• RS Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additives  
• RS EAS 82, Milled cereal products — Methods of test  
• RS ISO 16050, Foodstuffs -- Determination of aflato xin B1, and the total content 
of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products -- High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
• RS ISO 16649 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of  beta-glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli -- 
Part 1: Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using membranes and 5 -bromo -
4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
• RS ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal 
method for the en umeration of yeasts and moulds -- Part 1: Colony count 
technique in products with water activity greater than 0,95  
• RS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds -- Part 2: Colon y count 
technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
• RS ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
aureus and other species ) -- Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen 
agar medium  
• RS ISO 874, Fruits and vegetables — Sampling  
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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