G/TBT/N/RWA/112  
 
17 April 2018  
(18-2308) 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): 
Prepackaged and prepared foods (ICS 67.230).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DRS 149:2018, 
Cooked beans — Specification (21 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test me thods for cooked beans.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
 CODEX STAN 171, Codex standard for certain pulses  
 CODEX STAN 193, Codex general Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food 
and Feed  
 EAS 901, Cereals and pulses — Test methods  
 ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2in cereals, nuts and derived pro ducts — 
High-performance liquid chromatographic method  
 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 usin g 5-bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-
glucuronide  
 ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
General method  
 RS 288, Mixed beans — Specification  G/TBT/N/RWA/112  
 
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   RS 295, Dry beans — Specification  
 RS 362, Fish flour  — Specification  
 RS CAC/RCP  1, Code of practice – General principles of food hygiene.  
 RS CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
 RS EAS 12, Potable water – Specification  
 RS EAS 35, Fortified edible salt — Specification  
 RS EAS 38, Labelling of Prepackaged foods and prepared foods  
 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 equal to 0,95  
 RS ISO 24333, Cereals and  cereal products — Sampling  
 RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella – 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  
http://www.rsb.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/files/pdf/new_stds/Public_Review_March_18
/DRS_149 -2018_ Cooked_beans_ -Specification.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/RWA/18_2024_00_e.pdf