G/TBT/N/BDI/68  
15 January 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815/+25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.b bn-burundi.org  
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:   
3. Notified under  Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Edible oils 
and fats. Oilseeds (ICS 67.200)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Palm stearin — 
Specification (18 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This East Africa Standard adopted as Burundi standard specifies 
the requirements, sampling and test methods for crude, semi -refined and refined palm 
stearin derived from fleshy mesocarp of the fruit of the oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis ).  
Note:  Palm stearin  refers to crude, semi -refined and refined palm stearin.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements ; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 952.13,  Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
• CODEX STAN 192,  General standard for food additives  
• EAS 38,  Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
• EAS 39,  Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of 
practice  
• ISO 660,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils  — Determination of acid value and 
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  • ISO 661,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Preparation of test sample  
• ISO 662,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils  — Determina tion of moisture and 
volatile matter content  
• ISO 663,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils  — Determination of insoluble 
impurities content  
• ISO 3596,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils  — Determination of unsaponifiable 
matter — Method using diethyl ether extr action  
• ISO 3657,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils  — Determination of saponification 
value  
• ISO 3960,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils  — Determination of peroxide 
value — Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
• ISO 3961,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils  — Determination of iodine value  
• ISO 5508,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils  — Analysis by gas 
chromatography of methyl esters of fatty acids  
• ISO 5555,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils  — Sampling  
• ISO 6320,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils  — Determination of refractive 
index  
• ISO 6321,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of melting point 
in open capillary tubes (Slip point)  
• ISO 6883 , Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of conventional 
mass per volume (litre weight in  air) 
• ISO 12193,  Animal and vegetable fats and oils  — Determination of lead by 
direct graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy  
• ISO 15305 , Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of Lovibond 
colour  
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:   
Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.bbn -burundi.org