G/TBT/N/RWA/272  
6 August 2019  
(19-5119) 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):  Fruits and 
derived products (ICS 67.080.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 421: 2019 
Fried Plantain chips — Specification (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for fried plantain chips made from mature plantain cultivars 
in the genus Musa.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protect ion of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 934.06, Moisture in Dried Fruits  
• AOAC 963.15, Fat in Cacao Products — Soxhlet Extraction Method  
• RS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• RS CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
• RS EAS 321, Edible fats and oils — Specification  
• RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods  — General requirements  
• RS EAS 803, Nutrition labelling  — Requirement  
• RS EAS 8 05, Use of nutrition and health claims — Requirements  G/TBT/N/RWA/272  
 
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  • RS 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 us ing 5 -bromo - 
4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
• RS 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 equ al to 0.95  
• RS ISO 3960, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide 
value — Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
• RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of micro -organisms  — Part 1: Col ony-count at 30 degrees C — Pour 
plate technique  
• RS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
• RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and  serotyping of Sal monella – Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
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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