G/TBT/N/RWA/941  
 
14 November 2023  
(23-7633) 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):  Meat, 
meat products and other animal produce (ICS code(s): 67.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and l anguage(s) of the notified document:  DRS 185: 2023, 
Code of hygienic practice for meat; (71 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  1.1 This Rwanda standard covers hygiene provisions for raw 
meat, meat preparations and manufactured meat from the t ime of live animal production 
up to the point of retail sale. It further develops 'The Recommended Rwanda Code of 
Practice: General Principles of Food Hygiene' in respect of these products. Where 
appropriate, the Annex to that code (Hazard Analysis and Cri tical Control Point System 
and Guidelines for its Application) and the Principles for the Establishment and Application 
of Microbiological Criteria for Foods are further developed and applied in the specific 
context of meat hygiene. 1.2 For the purposes of  this standard, meat is that derived from 
domestic ungulates, domestic solipeds, domestic birds and lagomorphs. This standard 
may also be applied to other types of animals from which meat is derived, subject to any 
special hygienic measures required by the  competent authority. Further to general 
hygiene measures applying to all species of animal as described above, this standard also 
presents specific measures that apply to different species and classes of animals. 1.3 The 
hygiene measures that are applied to the products described in this standard take into 
account any further measures and food handling practices that are likely to be applied by 
the consumer. NOTE Some of the products described in this standard may not be 
subjected to a heat or other biocid al process before consumption. 1.4 Traditional practices 
may result in departures from some of the meat hygiene recommendations presented in 
this standard when meat is produced for local trade.  G/TBT/N/RWA/941  
 
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  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; Reducing trade barriers and facilitatin g trade; Cost 
saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CAC/GL 20, Principles for food import and export inspection and certification  
2. CAC/GL 21, Principles for the establishment and application of microbiological 
criteria for food  
3. CAC/GL 24, General Guidelines for Use of the Term "Halal"  
4. RS 184, Requirements for Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) system.  
5. RS 201, Abattoir — Basic requirements  
6. RS CAC/GL 21, Principles for the establishment and application of microbiological 
criteria for foods.  
7. RS CAC/GL 26, Guidelines for the design, operation, assessment and accreditation 
of food import and export inspection and certification systems.  
8. RS CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene  
9. RS CAC/RCP 23, Recommended  Rwanda code of hygienic practice for low -acid 
canned foods  
10. RS EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
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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