G/TBT/N/RWA/144  
 
20 July 2018  
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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: 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): Animal 
feeding stuffs (ICS 65.120).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 903:2017, 
Dairy goat feeds - Specification (26 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, methods 
of sampling and tes t for dairy goatfeeds.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Protection of animal or plant life or 
health; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
EAS 97, Fishmeal  - Specification  
EAS 230, Maize bran as livestock feed - Specification  
EAS 231, Bone meal for compounding animal feeds - Specification  
EAS 232, Maize gluten feed - Specification  
EAS 233, Ostrich feed - Specification  
EAS 287, Oil -seed cakes for compounding livestock feed - Specification  
EAS 353, Wheat bran for animal feeds - Specification  
IS0 5510, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of available lysine  
ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of nitrogen content and calculation of G/TBT/N/RWA/144  
 
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  crude protein content - Part 1: Kjeldahl method  
ISO 5983 -2, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of nitrogen content and calculation of 
crude protein content - Part 2: Block digestion/steam distillation method  
ISO 5984, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of crude as h 
ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of calcium content - Part 1: Titrimetric 
method  
ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of phosphorus content - Spectrometric 
method  
ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of fat content  
ISO 6493, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of starch content - Polarimetric method  
ISO 6495, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of water -soluble chlorides content  
ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of moisture and other volatile matter 
content  
ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs - Sampling  
ISO 6498, Animal feeding stuffs - Preparation of test samples  
ISO 6651, Animal feeding stuffs - Semi-quantitative determination of aflatoxin B1 - Thin-
layer chromatographic method  
ISO 6654, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of urea content  
ISO 6655, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of soluble nitrogen content after 
treatment with pepsin in dilute hydrochloric  acid 
ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of crude fibre content - Method with 
intermediate filtration  
ISO 6866, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of free and total gossypol  
ISO 6869, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of the contents of  calcium, copper, iron, 
magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium and zinc - Method using atomic absorption 
spectrometry  
ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (S taphylococcus aureus and other 
species) - Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs ─ Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and oth er 
species) ─ Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar medium  
ISO 6888 -3:2003, 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 7218:1996, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - General rules for 
microbiological examinations  
ISO 7485, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of potassium and sodium contents - 
Methods  using flame -emission spectrometry  
ISO 9831, Animal feeding stuffs, animal products, and faeces or urine - Determination of 
gross calorific value - Bomb calorimeter method  
ISO 11290 -1:1996, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method  for 
the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes - Part 1: Detection method  
ISO 11290 -2:1996, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes - Part 2: Enumeration m ethod  
ISO 13903, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of amino acids content  G/TBT/N/RWA/144  
 
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  ISO 13904, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of tryptophan content  
ISO 14565, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of vitamin A content - Method using 
high-performance liquid chromatography  
ISO 14718, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1 content of mixed feeding 
stuffs - Method using high -performance liquid chromatography  
ISO 14902, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of trypsin inhibitor activity of s oya 
products  
ISO 15914, Animal feeding stuffs - Enzymatic determination of total starch content  
ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of aflatoxin B1   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be deter mined  
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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