G/TBT/N/RWA/195  
 
21 November 2018 
(18-7311) 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): 
Non-alcoholic beverages (ICS 67.160.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DRS 121 -1:2018 Energy drinks - Specification (13 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for energy drinks.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 940.17, Carbon dioxide in beer Manometric method  
• AOAC 950.29, Sucrose in non -alcoholic soft  drinks  
• AOAC 950.30, Sugars (reducing) in non -alcoholic beverages  
• AOAC 979.08, Benzoate, caffeine and saccharin in carbonated beverages, liquid 
chromatographic method  
• AOAC 980.19, Tin in food, Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method  
• AOAC 986.15, Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Selenium, and zinc in human and pet 
foods.  
• AOAC 990.31, Sulfites in foods and beverages Ion Exclusion chromatographic 
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  • AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in foods, Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry after micr owave digestion  
• RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice - General principles of food hygiene  
• RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
• RS 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  
• RS ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of pH  
• RS ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and anima l 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 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microo rganisms - 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.  
• RS 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  
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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