G/TBT/N/RWA/155  
 
23 July 2018  
(18-4601) 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): Milk and 
processed milk products (ICS 67.100.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 87: 2018 
Sweetened condensed milk - Specification (12 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
samp ling and test methods for sweetened condensed milks, intended for direct 
consumption or further processing.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 986.15, Official method for Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Selenium and Zinc in human 
and pet foods  
AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods Atomic 
absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Di gestion  
CAC/RCP 1, General principles for food hygiene  
CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
EAS 12, Potable water - Specification  
EAS 5, Refined white sugar - Specificati on G/TBT/N/RWA/155  
 
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  EAS 49, Milk powders and cream powder - Specification  
EAS 69, Pasteurized milk - Specification  
ISO 707, Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling  
ISO 1737, Evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk - Determination of fat content - 
Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms - Colony count technique  
ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorga nisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
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 6611, Milk and mi lk products - Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts and/or 
moulds - Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk - Determination of total solids content 
(Reference method)  
ISO 6734, Sweetened condensed milk Deter mination of total solids content (Reference 
method)  
ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) - Part 3: Detection and MPN  technique for low numbers  
ISO 8294, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of copper, iron and nickel 
contents - Graphite furnace atomic absorption method  
ISO 8968 -1, Milk and milk products - Determination of nitrogen content - Part 1: Kjedahl  
principle and crude protein  
ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Part 
1: Most probable number technique using 4 -methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-glucuronide (MUG)  
ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder - Determination of a flatoxin M1 content - Clean -up by 
immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -performance liquid 
chromatography   
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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