G/TBT/N/RWA/428  
10 December 2020  
(20-8886) 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):  Cocoa 
(ICS 67.140.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1031: 
2020 Cocoa powder and cocoa powder mixture — Specification (12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cocoa powder and cocoa powder mixtures 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; Protection of human health or  safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
DEAS 1030, Cocoa beans — Specification  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
Codex Stan 192, General standard for food additive  
ISO 1577, Determination of acid -insoluble ash  
ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by incineration  
ISO 2292, Cocoa beans — Sampling  
ISO 4833 -1, Microbiolo gy of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate technique  
ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — General 
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  ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology  of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp. — 
Amendment 1: Broader range of incubation temperatures, amendment to the status of 
Annex D, and correction of the com position of MSRV and SC  
ISO 7305, Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — Determination 
of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
ISO 15141, Cere als and cereal products — Determination of ochratoxin A — High 
performance liquid chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column cleanup and 
fluorescence detection  
ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxin s B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-performance 
liquid chromatographic method  
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  
ISO 17239, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic content 
— Method using hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry  
ISO 2 1527-2, 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  
AOAC 931.04, Loss on drying (moisture) in cacao products — Gravimetric method  
AOAC 970.21, PH of cacao products. Potentiometric method  
AOAC 999.11, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in Foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after Dry Ashing  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be d etermined  
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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