G/TBT/N/RWA/326  
8 January 2020  
(20-0166) 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):  Starch and 
derived products (ICS 67.180.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 991: 2019 
Stingless bee honey — Specification (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test 
methods for stingless bee honey produced by subfamily Meliponinae intended for direct 
human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC Official method 985.16 determination of Tin in canned foods — Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometric Method  
AOAC 920.181 Determination of Ash content of Honey  
AOAC Official Method 920.183 Sugars (Reducing) in Honey  
AOAC 920.184 Determination of Sucrose in Honey  
AOAC 958.09 Determination of Diastase Activity  
AOAC 962.19 Determination of Acidity (Free, Lactone, and Total)  
AOAC 969.38b Determination of Moisture Content  
AOAC 980.23 Determination of hydroxymethylfur fural (HMF) content  
AOAC Official Method 983.20 Mercury (Methyl) in Fish and Shellfish Gas Chromatographic 
Method  
AOAC Official method 999.11 Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron and Zinc in 
Foods — Atomic Absorptions Spectrophotometry after dry as hing G/TBT/N/RWA/326  
 
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  EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged food -general requirement  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drinks manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
detection and enumeration of c oliforms — Most probable number technique  
ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic content — 
Silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizonta l method for the 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products with 
water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
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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