G/TBT/N/RWA/319  
8 January 2020  
(20-0151) 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):  Animal and 
vegetable fats and oils (ICS 67.200.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 1006: 
2019 Sesame (simsim) — Specification (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East Africa Standard spe cifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for sesame (Sesam unindicum.L.) intended for human 
consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
Codex Stan 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
ISO 542, Oilseeds — Sampling  
ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and species 
and variety — Test methods  
ISO 659, Oilseeds — Determination of oil content (Reference method)  
ISO 665, Oilseeds – Determination of moisture conte nt 
ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuff — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff — Horizontal method for the 
determination of Salmonella spp  
ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding st uffs — Horizontal method for the 
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  technique  
ISO 16050, Food stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1 and the total content of aflatoxins 
B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and de rived products — High performance liquid 
chromatographic method  
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 t han or equal to 0.95  
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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