G/TBT/N/BDI/318, G/TBT/N/KEN/1380  
G/TBT/N/RWA/817, G/TBT/N/TZA/892  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1732  
22 February  2023 
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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, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
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):  (HS 
code(s): 10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS  72: 2023, 
Processed cereal -based foods for older infants and young children — Specification; (14 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for processed cereal -based  foods intended for feeding older 
infants and young children as a complementary food and as part of diversified diet. The 
standard excludes both fortified and unfortified composite flours as covered in EAS 1024, 
EAS 782 and EAS 741.  
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; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barri ers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and 
productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/BDI/318 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1380 • G/TBT/N/RWA/817 • G/TBT/N/TZA/892 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1732  
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 942.05, Ash of animal feed AOAC 983.23, Simplified gravimetric 
determination of total fat in food composites after chloroform -methanol extraction  
2. AOAC 986.18 , Determination of Deoxynivalenol in wheat — Gas chromatographic 
method  
3. AOAC 995.13, Carbohydrate in Coffee:  
4. AOAC Method 995.13 vs a New Fast Ion Chromatography Method  
5. AOAC 2000.17, Determination of Trace Glucose and Fructose  
6. AOAC 2001.06, Total fumonisins in corn. Competitive direct enzyme -linked 
immunosorbent assay  
7. AOAC 2015.002, Standard Method Performance Requirements SM (SMPRs) for 
Total Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) in Infant and Adult/ Pediatric Nutritional Formula  
8. CODEX STAN 192, General standard f or food additives  
9. CODEX STAN 234, Recommended methods of analysis and sampling  
10. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
11. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry ― Code of practice  
12. EAS 744, Cassava and cassava produ cts ― Determination of total cyanogens ― 
Enzymatic assay method  
13. EAS 900, Cereals and pulses ― Sampling  
14. ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products ― Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
15. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
16. ISO 5506, Soya bean products — Determination of urease activity  
17. ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
18. ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
cadmium content — Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption 
spectrometry Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
cadmium content — Part 1: Method using graphite furn ace atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
19. ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of 
cadmium content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
20. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the det ection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
21. ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead 
content — Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
22. ISO 6869, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of the contents of calcium, 
copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium and zinc — Method 
using atomic absorption spectrometry  
23. ISO 8968 -2, Milk ― Determination of nitrogen content ― Part 2: Block -digestion 
method (Macro method)  
24. ISO 9 648, Sorghum — Determination of tannin content  
25. ISO 14902, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of trypsin inhibitor activity of 
soya products  G/TBT/N/BDI/318 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1380 • G/TBT/N/RWA/817 • G/TBT/N/TZA/892 • 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1732  
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  26. ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in c ereals, nuts and derived products — High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
27. ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: 
Colony -count te chnique at 44 degrees C using 5 - bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuronide  
28. ISO/TS 17919, Microbiology of the food chain — Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) 
for the detection of foodborne pathogens — Detection of botulinum type A, B, E 
and F neurotoxin -producing clostridia  
29. ISO 20633, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin E 
and vitamin A by normal phase high performance liquid chromatography  
30. ISO 20636, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin D 
by liquid chromatography -mass spectrometry  
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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