G/TBT/N/BDI/214  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1223  
G/TBT/N/RWA/640  
G/TBT/N/TZA/715  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1547  
 
10 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):  Food 
products in general (ICS 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 797: 
2022, Vitamin and mineral supplements ― Specification (20 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  1.1 This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for vitami n and mineral supplements intended for use in 
supplementing the daily food/ diet with vitamins and/or minerals for human consumption 
1.2 This Draft East African standard covers vitamin and mineral supplements in 
concentrated forms of those nutrients singly  or in combinations, marketed in forms such 
as capsules, tablets, powders, paste and solutions. 1.3 This standard does not cover 
vitamin and mineral products intended for special dietary uses or medical/therapeutic 
purposes  
7. Objective and rationale, inc luding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; C ost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 971.21, Mercury in food — Flameless Atomic Absorption Spectrometric 
method  
2. AOAC 973.34, Cadmium in food — Atomic Absorption Spectrometric method  G/TBT/N/BDI/214, G/TBT/N/KEN/1223, G/TBT/N/RWA/640, G/TBT/N/TZA/715, 
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  3. CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
4. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
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 nutri tional and health claims — Requirement  
8. ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — 
Part 1: Detection method  
9. ISO 12193, Animal and vegetable fats and oils  — Determination of lead by 
direct graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy  
10. 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  
11. ISO 2590, General method for the determination of arsenic — Silver 
diethyldithiocarbamate photometric method  
12. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
13. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour 
plate technique  
14. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal meth od for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
15. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci 
(Staphylococcus aur eus 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  
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.r w 
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
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