G/TBT/N/BDI/ 83 
11 March 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: French  
 
  
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.: (+257 ) 22221815/ (+257 ) 22221577  
Email: info@bbn -burundi.org  
Website: 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):  Alcoholic 
beverages  (ICS 67.160.1 0) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Urwarwa – 
Specification  (6 page(s), in English ) 
6. Description of content:   
This draft Burundian standard specifies the requirements and methods of sampling and 
analysis for urwarwa.  This draft standard does not apply to other banana -based products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirement s. 
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 972.11 : Methanol in distilled liquors. Gas chromatographic method  
• AOAC 977.26 : Clostridium botulinum and its toxins in foods; NB CODEX STAN 
192: General standard for food additives  
• NB CAC/GL 66 : Guidelines for the use of flavouring s 
• NB EAS 12 : Potable water - Specification;  EAS 38 : Labelling of pre -packaged 
foods - General requirements  
• NB EAS 39 : Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of 
practice  
• NB EAS 100 : Food stuffs - Methods of determination of lead  G/TBT/N/BDI/ 83 
 
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  • 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 4832:2006 : Micro biology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coliforms - Colony -count technique  
• ISO 5517:1978 : Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of iron 
content - 1,10- Phenanthroline photometric method  
• CAC/RCP 51 : Code of practice for the prevention and reduction of mycotoxin 
contamination in cereals  
• ISO 6634 : Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of arsenic 
content - Silver diethyldithiocarbamat e spectrophotometric method  
• ISO 17240 : Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of tin content - 
Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 6636 -2: Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of zinc 
content - Part 2: Atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• ISO 5517 : Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of iron content  
• ISO 7952 : Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of copper 
content - Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
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  
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 the date of 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.: (+257 ) 22221815 or (+257 ) 22221577  
Email: info@bbnb -urundi.org  
Website: www.bbnburundi.org  
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Specification -corr-1.pdf