G/TBT/N/BDI/450  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1555  
G/TBT/N/RWA/985  
G/TBT/N/TZA/1086  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1900  
11 January  2024 
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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):  Milk and 
processed milk products (ICS code(s): 67.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 33: 2023, 
Yoghurt — Specification; (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for yoghurt,  alternate  
culture yoghurt and acidophilus milk  
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; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CXC 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
2. CXS 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
3. EAS 38, Labelling of pre-packaged foods — General requirements  
4. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
5. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  G/TBT/N/BDI/450 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1555 • G/TBT/N/RWA/985 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1086 • 
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  6. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling ― Requirements  
7. EAS 804, Claims on foods ― General requirement s 
8. EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims ― Requirements  
9. ISO 13580, Yoghurt — Determination of total solids content (Reference method)  
10. ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity  
chromatography and determination by high -performance liquid chromatography  
11. ISO 20128, Milk product Enumeration of presumptive Lactobacillus acidophilus on 
a selective medium — 
Colony -count technique at 37 degrees C  
12. ISO 22662, Milk and milk products —Determination of lactos e content by high -
performance liquid  
chromatography (Reference method)  
13. ISO 23318, Milk, dried milk products and cream —Determination of fat content —
Gravimetric method  
14. ISO 29981, Milk products —Enumeration of presumptive bifidobacterial —Colony 
count technique  at 37 
degrees C  
15. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of  
coliforms — Colony count technique  
16. 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  
17. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and  
serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
18. ISO 6611, Milk and milk product s — Enumeration of colony -forming units of 
yeasts and/or moulds — Colonycount  
technique at 25 degrees C  
19. 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  
20. ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
21. ISO 7889, Yoghurt — Enumeration of characteristic microorganisms — Colony 
count technique at 37 degrees  
C 
22. ISO 7889, Yogurt —Enumeration of characteristic microorganisms —Colony -count 
technique at 37 degrees C  
23. ISO 8968 -1, Milk and milk products —Determination of nitrogen content —Part 1: 
Kjeldahl principle and crude  
protein calculation  G/TBT/N/BDI/450 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1555 • G/TBT/N/RWA/985 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1086 • 
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  24. ISO/TS 11869, Fermented milks — Determination of titratable acidity — 
Potentiometric method  
25. ISO/TS 6733, Milk and milk products — Determination of lead content — Graphite 
furnace atomic absorption  spectrometric 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 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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