G/TBT/N/BDI/249 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1270  
G/TBT/N/RWA/679 , G/TBT/N/TZA/800  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1604  
15 June 2022  
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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):  Cosmetics. 
Toiletries (ICS code(s): 71.100.70)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 967 -1: 
2022, Butter for cosmetic use – Specification Part 1: Shea butter; (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for shea butter for cosmetic use derived from the kernels of 
the sheanuts Vitellaria paradoxa and Vitellaria Nilotica. This standard does not cover 
products for which therapeutic claims are made.  
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; Harm onization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. EAS 346, Labelling of cosmetics — General requirements  
2. EAS 846, Glossary of terms relating to the cosmetic industry  
3. EAS 847 -16, Cosmetics — Analytical methods — Part 16: Determination of lead, 
mercury and arsenic content  
4. ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and 
acidity  G/TBT/N/BDI/249, G/TBT/N/KEN/1270, G/TBT/N/RWA/679, G/TBT/N/TZA/800, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1604  
 
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  5. ISO 662, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of moisture and 
volatile matter content  
6. ISO 663, Animal and  vegetable fats and oils — Determination of insoluble 
impurities content  
7. ISO 3596, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of unsaponifiable 
matter — Method using diethyl ether extraction  
8. ISO 3657, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determinat ion of saponification 
value  
9. ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide value 
— Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
10. ISO 3961, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of iodine value  
11. ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms — Most probable number 
technique  
12. ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Sampling  
13. ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determ ination of melting point 
in open capillary tubes (Slip point)  
14. ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of copper, iron 
and nickel contents — Graphite furnace atomic absorption method  
15. ISO 15774, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Deter mination of cadmium 
content by direct graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
16. ISO 18416, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of candida albicans  
17. ISO 21149, Cosmetics -- Microbiology -- Enumeration and detection of aerobic 
mesophilic bacteria  
18. ISO 2 1527 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds  
19. ISO 22716, Cosmetics — Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) — Guidelines on 
Good Manufacturing Practices  
20. ISO 22717, Cosmetics — Microbiology —Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 
ISO 22718, Cosmetics — Microbiology — Detection of Staphylococcus aureus  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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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