G/TBT/N/RWA/89  
 
9 January 2018  
(18-0164) 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: +250 252 586 103/582945  
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): 
DEAS  769: 2017 
Animal and vegetable fats and oils (ICS 67.200.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Fortified edible 
fats and oils – Specification (18 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and tests methods for fortified edible fats and oils intended for human 
consumption.  
This Draft East African Standard is not applicable to fat spreads and blended spreads.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urge nt problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
AOAC 2001.13, Determination of Vitamin A (Retinol) in Food  
CODEX STAN 192, General  standard for food additives  
CODEXSTAN 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods – Specification  
EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene the food and drink manufacturing industry  G/TBT/N/RWA/89  
 
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  EAS 803, Nutrit ion labelling – Requirements  
EAS 804, Claims on food – General requirements  
EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims – Requirements  
ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of acid value and acidity  
ISO 661, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Preparation of test sample  
ISO 662, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of moisture and volatile 
matter content  
ISO 663, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of insoluble impurities  
content  
ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of peroxide value – 
Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Sampling  
ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of cop per, iron and nickel 
contents  
ISO 10539, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of alkalinity  
ISO 12193, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of lead by direct graphite 
furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy  
ISO 15304, Animal and  vegetable fats and oils – Determination of the content of trans 
fatty acid isomers of vegetable fats and oils -Gas chromatographic method  
ISO 17189, Butter, edible oil emulsions and spreadable fats – Determination of fat content 
(Reference method)  
ISO 2063 3, Infant formula and adult nutritionals – Determi nation of vitamin E and 
vitamin  A by normal phase high performance liquid chromatography  
ISO 27107, Animal and vegetable fats and oils – Determination of peroxide value – 
Potentiometric end -point determinat ion  
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: +250 252 586 103/582945  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
P.O.BOX 7099 , Kigali, Rwanda  
http://portal.rsb.gov.rw  
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