G/TBT/N/RWA/84  
 
8 January 2018  
(18-0147) 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: +250 252 586 103/582945  
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): 
DRS 372: 2017 
Fruits, vegetables and derived products in general (ICS 67.080.01).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Dehydrated garlic 
– Specification (11 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Rwanda Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test 
methods for dried garlic.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
AOAC 985.16, Official Method Tin in Canned Foods  
AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods  
IS0 5567, Dehydrated garlic – Determination of volatile organic sulphur compounds  
IS0 7937, Microbiology of foo d and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of Clostridium perfringens – Colony -count technique  
IS0 927, Spices and condiments – Determination of extraneous matter content.  
IS0 928, Spices and condiments – Determination of total ash . G/TBT/N/RWA/84  
 
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  IS0 930, Spices and condiments – Determination of acid -insoluble ash.  
IS0 939, Spices and condiments – Determination of moisture content – Entrainment 
method  
IS0 941, Spices and condiments – Determination of cold water soluble extract  
ISO 948, Spices and condiments – Sampling  
RS CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food hygiene – Code of practice  
RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods – General requirements  
RS IS0 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the enumer ation of 
microorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
RS IS0 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella – Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
RS IS0 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  
RS ISO 16649 -1, Microbiol ogy of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli – Part 1: Colony -count 
technique at 44 degrees C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl Beta -D-
glucuronide  
RS ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal 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  
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   
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: +250 252 586 103/582945  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
http://portal.rsb.gov.rw  
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