G/TBT/N/RWA/686  
5 August 2022  
(22-5833) 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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language (s) of the notified document:  DRS 509: 2022, 
Sesame seed candy — Specification; (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for sesame seed candy from the varieties o f Sesamum indicum 
L. intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in 
Foods — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry  
2. RS 415, Sesame seeds — Specification  
3. RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General principles of food hygiene  
4. RS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
5. RS EAS 16, Plantation (mill) white sugar — Specification  
6. RS EAS 36, Honey — Specification  G/TBT/N/RWA/686  
 
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  7. RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods —Requirements  
8. RS EAS 5, Refined white sugar — Specification  
9. RS EAS 749, Brown sugars — Specification  
10. RS ISO 16050, Food stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1 and the total content 
of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High 
performance liqu id chromatographic method  
11. 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  
12. RS ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
13. RS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumera tion of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count 
technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
14. RS ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
15. RS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
16. RS ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide 
value — Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
17. RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms ─ Par t 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
18. RS ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content 
— General method  
19. RS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
20. RS ISO 65 79-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
21. RS ISO 6634, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic 
content — Silver die thyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method  
22. RS ISO 665, Oilseeds — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
23. RS ISO 729, Oilseeds — Determination of acidity of oils  
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 [X] 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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