G/TBT/N/RWA/199  
 
21 November 2018  
(18-7315) 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): Cereals, 
pulses and derived prod ucts (ICS 67.060).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DEAS 44: 2018 Milled maize (corn) products - Specification (11 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for whole maize meal, granulated maize meal, sifted maize meal, maize 
grits and maize flour from the grains of common maize (Zea mays L.) intended for human 
consumption. Maize grits intended for brewing, manufacturing of starch , any other 
industrial use are not covered.  
This standard does not apply to fortified milled maize (corn) products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• EAS 901, Cereal and Pulses - Test methods  
• EAS 900, Cereal and Pulses - Sampling  
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
• CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
• CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins  in food 
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  • EAS 2, Maize grains - Specification  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
• ISO 7305 Milled cereal products - Determination of fat acidity  
• AOAC 965.22 Sorting Corn Grits Sieving Method Modified  
• ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products - Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
• ISO 4833 -1 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
• ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
• 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  
• 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 using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuronide  
• ISO 6579 -1 Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
• ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry.  
• ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content 
- Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for th e enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
• ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs - 
Determination of crude fat and total fat c ontent by the Randall extraction method  
• ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude fibre content - 
General method  
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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