G/TBT/N/RWA/383  
20 November 2020  
(20-8344) 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 [   ], 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:  DRS 25: 2020 
Edible maize starch —Specification (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for edible maize starch commonly referred to as edible corn 
starch.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 2001.04, Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and corn flakes  
• AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry after Microwave Digestion  
• ISO 3593, Starch — Determination of ash  
• RS 28, Edible Starches — Test methods  
• RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General Principle for food hygiene  
• RS EAS 38, General standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  G/TBT/N/RWA/383  
 
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  • RS ISO 10520, Native starch ─ Determination of starch content ─ Ewers 
polarimetric method  
• RS ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
• RS ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content 
of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and  derived products — High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
• 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  
• RS ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
• RS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and a nimal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
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  
• RS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
• RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology o f the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Part I Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour 
plate technique  
• RS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
• RS ISO 6541, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content 
— Modified Scharrer method  
• RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp  
• RS ISO 6888-1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
aureus and other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• RS ISO 712, Cereals and cereal p roducts — Determination of moisture content — 
Reference method.  
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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