G/TBT/N/RWA/487  
29 July 2021  
(21-5903) 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):  Food 
products in general (ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 482: 2021, 
Dried cassava roots (imivunde/ibibaru) — Specification (9 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Standard specifies the requirement, methods of 
sampling and testing for dried cassava  roots, which may be fermented or not, intended 
for human consumption, produced from cassava roots (Manihot esculenta crantz)  
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:   
ISO 5983 -1, animal feeding stuffs — determination of nitrogen content and calculation 
of crude protein content — part 1: kjeldahl method  
AOAC 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B -1 and B -2 in Corn and Corn Flakes by 
Liquid Chromatography with Immunoaffinity  
RS CAC/RCP 1, General principles for food hygiene — Code of practice  
RS CODEX STAN 192, General stan dard for food additives  
RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  
RS EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products —Determination of total cyanogens — 
Enzymatic assay 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 
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  RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidas e-positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -
count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
RS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal 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 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination crude fibre Content -General 
method  
RS ISO 5985, Animal fee ding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
RS ISO 6540, Maize — Determination of moisture content (on milled grains and on 
whole grains)  
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  
ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — determination of nitrogen content and calculation 
of crude protein content — part 1: Kjeldahl method  
ISO 1666, Starch — Determination of moisture content — Oven-drying method  
AOAC915.05 B - Hyrocyanic acid;Titrimetric Method : 18th edition,2005 . Actually, this is 
the method usually used in RSB laboratory/ICH.  
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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