G/TBT/N/RWA/995  
12 January 2024  
(24-0275) 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):  Food 
additives (ICS code(s): 67.220.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 571: 2023, 
Bread improver — Specification; (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for bread improver used in bread making.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Redu cing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost 
saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 942.17, Arsenic in foods Molybdenum blue method  
2. AOAC 999.11, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron and zinc in foods. Atomic absorption 
spectrophotomet ry after dry ashing  
3. RS ISO 16050, Food stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in 
cereals, nuts and derived products — High-performance liquid chromatographic 
method  
4. RS ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — 
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  5. RS ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
6. RS ISO 15141, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of ochratoxin A — 
High performance liquid chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column 
cleanup and fluorescence detection  
7. RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General Principles of Food Hygiene  
8. RS CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
9. 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  
10. RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of ß -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 
2: Col ony-count technique at 44 °C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl ß -D-
glucuronide  
11. RS 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 using Baird -Parker agar medium  
12. 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 e qual to 0,95  
13. RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
14. RS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — 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 [ ] 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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