G/TBT/N/RWA/800  
23 January 2023  
(23-0552) 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):  Alcoholic 
beverages (ICS code(s): 67.160.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language (s) of the notified document:  DRS 344: 2023, 
Plant flavoured alcoholic drinks —Specification; (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for plant flavoured alcoholic drin ks. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 986.15, Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Selenium and zinc in human and pet 
foods  
2. AOAC 972.11 Methanol in distilled liquors  
3. AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron and Zinc in, Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry  
4. ISO 15214, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of mesophilic lactic acid bacteria — Colony -count technique 
at 30 degrees C  
5. RS 164, Honey — Specification  G/TBT/N/RWA/800  
 
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  6. RS CAC/RCP 1, General Principles of Food Hygiene  
7. RS CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
8. RS EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
9. RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
10. RS EAS 104, Alcoholic Beverages — Method of sampling and testing  
11. RS EAS 144, Neutral spirit — Specification  
12. RS ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of pH  
13. RS ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and cereals, nuts and 
derived products — High performance liquid chromatographic method the total 
content of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2  
14. RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — 
Part 2: Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl 
beta-D-glucuronide  
15. RS ISO 17240, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of tin content — 
Method using flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry  
16. RS ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
17. RS 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  
18. RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal meth od for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
19. RS ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
aureus and other species) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen 
agar medium  
20. RS ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1: Colony count 
technique in product s with water activity greater than 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 [ ] 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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