G/TBT/N/RWA/147  
 
20 July 2018  
(18-4589) 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): Butter 
(ICS 67.100.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 22: 2018 
Butter - Specification (10 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for butter intend ed for human consumption or for further 
processing  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods Atomic 
absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice - General principle for food hygiene  
CAC/RCP 57, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
CODEX STAN 192, C odex general standard for food additives  
EAS 35, Fortified food grade Salt - Specification  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods - General requirements  
EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of acid value and acidity  G/TBT/N/RWA/147  
 
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  ISO 707, Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling  
ISO 1740, Milkfat products and butter - Determination of fat acidity (Reference method)  
ISO 2446, Milk - Determination of fat content  
ISO 3727 -1, Butter - Determ ination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents - Part 1: 
Determination of moisture content (Reference method)  
ISO 3727 -2, Butter - Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents - Part 2: 
Determination of non -fat solids content (Reference  method)  
ISO 3727 -3, Butter - Determination of moisture, non -fat solids and fat contents - Part 3: 
Calculation of fat content  
ISO 3961, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of iodine value  
ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stu ffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms - Colony count technique  
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  
ISO 5764, Milk - determination of freezing point - Thermistor cryoscope method 
(Reference method)  
ISO 6320, Animal and vegetable fats and oils - Determination of refractive index  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection,  
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
ISO 6611, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts and/or 
moulds - Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and ani mal 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 7238, Butter - Determination of pH of the serum - Potentiomet ric method  
ISO 8968 -4, Milk and milk products - Determination of nitrogen content - Part 4: 
Determination of protein and non -protein nitrogen content and true protein content 
calculation (Reference method)  
ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Part 
1: Most probable number technique using 4 -methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-glucuronide (MUG)  
ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder - Determination of aflatoxin M1 content - Clean -up by 
immunoaffinity chromatography and determinati on by high -performance liquid 
chromatography.   
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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