G/TBT/N/RWA/936  
7 November 2023  
(23-7490) 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):  (HS 
code(s): 0406)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 50 -11: 
2023,  Cheese — Specification Part 11: Feta cheese; (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Working Draft specifies the requirements, sampling and 
test methods for feta cheese intended for direct human consumption or for further 
processing.  
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 r equirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost 
saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. ISO/TS 6733, Milk and milk products — Determination of lead content — Graphite 
furnace atomic absorption spectrometric method  
2. RS CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
3. RS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
4. RS EAS 35, Fortified edible salt —Specification  
5. RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/RWA/936  
 
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  6. RS ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 
1: Detection method  
7. RS ISO 14501,Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
8. RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method fo r the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — 
Part 2: Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo4 -chloro -3-indolyl 
beta-D-glucuronide  
9. ISO 3433, Cheese — Determination of fat content — Van Gulik method  
10. RS ISO 4832, Microbiolo gy of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
11. RS ISO 5534,Cheese and processed cheese — Determination of the total solids 
content (Reference method)  
12. RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the foo d chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
13. RS ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphy lococcus aureus and 
other species) — Part 1: Method using Baird -Parker agar medium  
14. RS ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
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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