G/TBT/N/BDI/90  
30 April 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815/+25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbn -burundi.org  
Web site: www.bbnburundi.org  
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 [X], 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):  Animal 
feeding stuffs (ICS 65.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Maize gluten for 
animal feed — Specification (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requiremen ts, 
sampling and test methods for maize gluten meal and feed for use in animal feeds.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some 
or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, 
only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced 
document (including any amendments) applies; Consumer information, labelling; 
Protection of animal or plant life or health; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• IS0 5510, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of available lysine  
• ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content and 
calculation of crude protein content — Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
• ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude ash  
• ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
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  • ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determinat ion of calcium content — Part 1: 
Titrimetric method  
• ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of phosphorus content — 
Spectrometric method  
• ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of fat content  
• ISO 6495, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of water -soluble chlorides 
content  
• ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of moisture and other volatile 
matter content  
• ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling  
• ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude fibre content — Method 
with intermediate filtration  
• ISO 9831, Animal feeding stuffs, animal products, and faeces or urine — 
Determination of gross calorific value — Bomb calorimeter method  
• ISO 13903, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of amino acids content  
• ISO 14718, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1 content of 
mixed feeding stuffs — Method using high -performance liquid chromatography  
• ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1  
• 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 27085,  Animal feeding stuff — Determination of calcium, sodium, 
phosphorous, magnesium, potassium, iron, zi nc, copper, manganese, cobalt, 
molybdenum, arsenic, lead and cadmium by ICP -AES 
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
• EAS 232:2001, Maize gluten animal feeds specification  
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:   
Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnb -urundi.org  
Web site: www.bbnburundi.org