G/TBT/N/RWA/330  
8 January 2020  
(20-0170) 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)  
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:   
Rwanda Stan dards Board  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw   
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 72: 2019 
Processed cereal -based foods for older infants and young children — Specification (16 
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 as a complementary food generally from the age of six months onwards, taking 
into account th e infants' nutritional requirements, and for feeding young children as part of 
a progressively diversified diet. The standard excludes both fortified and unfortified 
blended and composite flours.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 936.14, Vitamin D in milk, vitamin preparations and feed concentrates ― Rat 
bioassay  
AOAC 942.05, Ash of animal feed  
AOAC 961.14, Niacin and niacinamide in drugs, foods and feeds ― Colorimetric method  
AOAC 984.26, Vitamin C (Total) in food ― Semi automated fluorometric method  
AOAC 984.27, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, 
Sodium, and Zinc in Infant F ormula ― Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectroscopic 
method  
AOAC 985.35, Minerals in Infant Formula, Enteral Products, and Pet Foods ― Atomic G/TBT/N/RWA/330  
 
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  Absorption Spectrophotometric method  
AOAC 986.24, Phosphorus in infant formula and enteral products ― Spectr ophotometric 
method  
AOAC 995.13, Carbohydrate in Coffee: AOAC Method 995.13 vs a New Fast Ion 
Chromatography Method  
AOAC 2000.17, Determination of Trace Glucose and Fructose  
AOAC 986.27, Thiamine (Vitamin B1) milk based infant formula ― Flurometric method  
AOAC 992.04, Vitamin A (Retinol isomers) in milk and milk -based infant formula ― Liquid 
chromatographic method  
AOAC 995.05, Vitamin D in infant formulas and internal products ― Liquid 
chromatographic method  
AOAC 983.23, Simplified gravimetric determination  of total fat in food composites after 
chloroform -methanol extraction  
AOAC 2015.002, Standard Method Performance RequirementsSM (SMPRs) for Total 
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) in Infant and Adult/ Pediatric Nutritional Formula  
CAC/GL 10 -1979, Advisory lists of mine ral salts and vitamin compounds for use in foods 
for infants and children  
CAC/GL 23, Guidelines for use of nutrition and health claims  
CODEX STAN 192 -1995, General standard for food additives  
EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry ― Code of practice  
EAS 82, Milled cereal products ― Methods of test  
ISO 711, Cereals and cereal products ― Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
ISO 8262 -1, Milk products an d milk -based foods ― Determination of fat content by the 
Weibull -Berntrop gravimetric method (Reference method) -- Part 1: Infant foods  
ISO 8968 -2, Milk ― Determination of nitrogen content ― Part 2: Block -digestion method 
(Macro method)  
ISO 6869, Animal fe eding stuffs — Determination of the contents of calcium, copper, iron, 
magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium and zinc — Method using atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
ISO 20633, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin E and vitamin 
A by normal phase high performance liquid chromatography  
ISO 20636, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin D by liquid 
chromatography -mass spectrometry  
ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochlor ic acid  
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 [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
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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