G/TBT/N/RWA/349  
29 July 2020  
(20-5252) 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 Stan dards 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):  Sugar and 
sugar products (ICS 67.180.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 65 -2: 2020 
Sugar confectionery — Specification Part 2: Caramel (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standar d specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for caramel intended for human consumption or to be used in 
food industry.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate method  
• AOAC 963.15, Official Method for determination of Fat in Cacao Products Soxhlet 
Extraction Method  
• AOAC 977.10, Official Method for determination of Moisture in Cacao Products Karl 
Fischer Method  
• AOAC 985.16, Official method, Tin in canned foods  
• AOAC 999.10, Official Method, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods, 
Atomi c Absorption Spectrophotometry after Microwave Digestion  
• ISO 5809, Starches and derived products — Determination of sulphated ash  G/TBT/N/RWA/349  
 
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  • RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General principle for food hygiene  
• RS EAS 38, General standard for the Labelling of pre -packa ged foods  
• 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 5bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -
D-glucuro nide 
• 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  
• 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 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.r w 
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
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