G/TBT/N/RWA/196  
 
21 November 2018  
(18-7312) 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):  
Nuts (ICS 49.030.30).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DRS 170:2018 
Macadamia kernels - Specification (15 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for macadamia kernels of varieties (cultivars) grown from 
Macadamia integrifolia, Macadamia tetraphylla, Macadamia ternifolia and their hybrids.  
This standard does not apply to macadamia kernels that are processed by salting, 
sugaring, flavouring or roasting o r for industrial processing of macadamia product other 
than food.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in foo ds, Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
• RS CAC/RCP1, Code of Practice - General Principle for food Hygiene  
• RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods  
• RS ISO 16050, Foodstuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content 
of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in Cereals, nuts and derived Products -High 
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  • RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Esche richia coli - Part 
2: Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl 
beta-D-glucuronide  
• RS 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  
• 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 o f 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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