G/TBT/N/BDI/227  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1236  
G/TBT/N/RWA/653  
G/TBT/N/TZA/728  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1560  
11 March 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA   
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):  
Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS 67.230)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 798: 
2022, Lipid food supplements — Specification (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  1.1 This Draft East African Standa rd specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for lipid food supplements used for complementing the normal 
diet with essential fatty acids.  
1.2 This draft standard covers lipid food supplements primarily providing essential fatty 
acids and prese nted in forms such as capsules, paste or liquid. The product may be taken 
directly or added to another food with the primary objective of increasing the energy 
content of the food and provide essential fatty acids.  
1.3 This draft standard does not cover lipid food supplements intended for special dietary 
uses or medical/therapeutic purposes.  
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 requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost 
saving and productivity enhancement  G/TBT/N/BDI/227, G/TBT/N/KEN/1236, G/TBT/N/RWA/653, G/TBT/N/TZA/728, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1560  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 971.21, Mercury in food — Flameless Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometric method  
2. AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food — Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric 
method  
3. AOAC 996.06, Fat (total, saturated, and unsaturated) in foods — Hydrolytic 
extraction — Gas chromatographic method  
4. CODEX STAN 1 92, General standard for food additives EAS 38, General 
standard for the labelling of pre -packaged foods  
5. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry – Code of 
practice  
6. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements EAS 804, Claims on foods — 
Requirements  
7. EAS 805, Use of nutritional and health claims — Requirement  
8. ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes — Part 1: 
Detection method  
9. ISO 12193, Anima l and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of lead by 
direct graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy  
10. ISO 15304, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of the content 
of trans fatty acid isomers o vegetable fats and oils — Gas chromat ographic 
method  
11. 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  
12. ISO 2590, General method fo r the determination of arsenic — Silver 
diethyldithiocarbamate photometric method  
13. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
14. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food ch ain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour 
plate technique  
15. ISO 5508, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Analysis by gas 
chromatography of methyl esters of fatty acids  
16. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology  of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
17. 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  
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  G/TBT/N/BDI/227, G/TBT/N/KEN/1236, G/TBT/N/RWA/653, G/TBT/N/TZA/728, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1560  
 
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  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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