G/TBT/N/RWA/606  
21 January 2022  
(22-0499) 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)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw   
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
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 [   ], 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 496: 2022, 
Ubushera — Specification (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for Ubushera made from malted sorghum grains of varieties 
(cultivars) grown from Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost 
saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
2. AOAC 999.11, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron and Zinc in Food, Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometry  
3. RS CAC/RCP 1, General principles for food hygiene —Code of practice  
4. RS CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
5. RS EAS 10 4, Alcoholic Beverages — Method of sampling and testing  
6. RS EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  G/TBT/N/RWA/606  
 
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  7. RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Requirements  
8. RS EAS 757, Sorghum grains — Specification  
9. RS ISO 16050, Foodstuffs Determination of aflatoxin B1, an d the total content 
of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
10. 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  
11. RS ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of pH  
12. RS ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and anim al 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  
13. RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of micro organisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
14. 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.  
15. 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  
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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