G/TBT/N/RWA/78  
 
6 September 2017  
(17-4756) 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) : Rwanda 
Standards Board (RSB)  
2. Agency responsible:  Rwanda St andards 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 Standa rds Board  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 252 586 103/582945  
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):  Non-alcoholic 
beverages (ICS 67.160.20).  
5. Title, number of pages  and lan guage(s)  of the notified document:  DRS 14: 2017; 
Carbonate d and non -carbonated beverages - Specification (17 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content:  This Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements and methods of 
test and sampling for carbonated and noncarbonated beverages.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
 AOAC 980.19, Tin in food Atomic absorption spectrophotom etric method  
 AOAC 950.29, Sucrose in non alcoholic beverages  
 AOAC 990.31, Sulfites in foods and beverages Ion Exclusion chromatographic 
method  
 AOAC 942.17, Arsenic in foods Molybdenum blue method  
 AOAC 979.08, Benzoate, caffeine, and Saccharin in carbonated  beverages, liquid 
chromatographic method  
 AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in foods, Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  G/TBT/N/RWA/78  
 
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 AOAC 999.11, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in foods, Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophot ometry after dry ashing  
 CODEX STAN 150 Codex Standard for food grade salt  
 CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
 RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General Principles of Food Hygiene  
 RS CODEX STAN 1, General Standard for the Labelling of Prepack aged Foods  
 RS ISO 21527 -1 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the Enumeration of yeasts and moulds - part 1: Colony Count technique in 
products with water activity greater than or equal to 0,95  
 RS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology  of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the Enumeration of yeasts and moulds - part 1: Colony Count technique 
in products with water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
 RS ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizon tal method 
for the enumeration of microorganisms — Colony Count Technique  
 RS ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the Enumeration of microorganisms -Colony -Count technique at 30oC  
 RS ISO 6579, Microbiology of foo d and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp  
 RS ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase — positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other  species) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar 
medium  
 RS ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar 
medium  
 G/TBT/N/RWA/21  
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 fr om: National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
RSB WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda/582945  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw   
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw   
Tel: +250 252 586 103  
 
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