G/TBT/N/RWA/136  
 
18 April 2018  
(18-2380) 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 Standards 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): Animal 
feeding stuffs (ICS 65.120).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 75:2017, 
Cattle feeds — Specification (22 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements and 
method of sampling a nd test for the cattle feeds which include feeds for calf, dairy beef 
and draught cattle  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant life or 
health; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
 ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content and 
calculation of crude protein content — Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
 ISO 5983 -2, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content  and 
calculation of crude protein content — Part 2: Block digestion/steam distillation 
method  
 ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
 ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium content — Part 1: 
Titrimetric method  
 ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of phosphorus content — G/TBT/N/RWA/136  
 
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  Spectrometric method  
 ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of fat content  
 ISO 6495, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of water -soluble chlorides 
content 
 ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of moisture and other volatile 
matter content  
 ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling  
 ISO 6498, Animal feeding stuffs — Preparation of test samples  
 ISO 6651, Animal feeding stuffs — Semi-quantitative determination of aflatoxin B1 
— Thin-layer chromatographic method  
 ISO 6654, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of urea content  
 ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude fibre content — Method 
with intermediate filtration  
 ISO 6866, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of free and total gossypol  
 ISO 14565, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of vitamin A content — Method 
using high -performance liquid chromatography  
 ISO 14718, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1 content o f mixed 
feeding stuffs — Method using high -performance liquid chromatography  
 ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1  
 ISO 16050 Foodstuffs – Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cer eals, nuts and derived products – High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
 ISO 9831, Animal feeding stuffs, animal products, and faeces or urine — 
Determination of gross calorific value — Bomb calorimeter 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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