G/TBT/N/RWA/267  
6 August 2019  
(19-5108) 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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 417: 2019 
Peanut fl our — Specification (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test method for peanut flour from the varieties of Arachis hypogaea L 
intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• ISO 542, Oilseeds — Sampling  
• ISO 729, Oilseeds  — Determination of acidity of oils  
• RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General principles of food hygiene  
• RS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• RS CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
• RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods  — General requirements  
• RS EAS 888, Raw and roasted groundnuts  — Specif ication  G/TBT/N/RWA/267  
 
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  • RS ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content 
of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High 
performance liquid chromatographic method)  
• RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal f eeding 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  
• RS ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of t he nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content – Kjeldahl method  
• 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  
• RS ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
• RS 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  
• RS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
• RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and s erotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp  
• RS ISO 665, Oilseeds — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
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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