G/TBT/N/RWA/77  
 
6 September 2017  
(17-4755) 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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  Rwanda 
Standards Board (RSB)  
2. Agency responsible:  Rwanda S tandards 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 Stand ards 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 la nguage(s) of the notified document : DRS 16 -1:2017; 
Fruit-based soft drinks — Specification —Part 1: Soft drinks with fruit juice (25 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements and 
methods of sampl ing and test for soft drinks with fruit juice intended for human 
consumption. This part of this Draft Rwanda Standard does not cover fruit based or non -
fruit based health drinks and comminuted fruit based soft drinks.  
7. Objective and rationale, including  the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
 AOAC 940.19, Acidity (volatile) in wines exclusive of SO2, by Barium hydroxide 
treatment  
 AOAC 979.17, Lead in evaporated mi lk and fruit juice, Anodic stripping voltametric 
method  
 RS ISO 16649 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 1: 
Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -
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 ISO 17239, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of arsenic 
content — Method using hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry  
 RS ISO 17240, Fruit and vegetable prod ucts — Determination of tin content — 
Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
 RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by 
the po ur plate technique  
 RS ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella spp  
 RS ISO 6636 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of zinc 
content — Part 2: Atomic absorption spectr ometric method  
 RS ISO 6637, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of mercury 
content — Flameless atomic absorption method  
 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 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
 RS ISO 7952, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of copper 
content — Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
 RS EAS 12, Potable Water — Specification  
 RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General Principles of Food Hygiene  
 RS EAS 38, General Standard for the Labelling of Pre -packaged Foods  
 RS CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
 RS ISO 21527 -1, Microbiolo gy 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 0,95  
 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   
 G/TBT/N/RWA/21  
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determine d  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point  [X] or address, telephone or fax 
number s and  email 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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