G/TBT/N/RWA/108  
 
17 April 2018  
(18-2304) 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): 
DRS 101:2018; Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Cookies — 
Specification (19 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cookies intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
 AOAC 942.17, Arsenic in foods Mol ybdenum blue method  
 AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper and Iron in Foods, Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry  
 EAS 321, Edible fats and oils — Specification  
 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  
 RS 151, Edible full fat soya bean flour — Specification  
 RS CAC/RCP.1 , Code of practice — General Principles of Food Hygiene  
 RS CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for food additives  
 RS CODEX STAN 212, Sugars  — Specification  
 RS EAS 1, Wheat flour  — Specification  
 RS EAS 12, Potable water  — Specification  G/TBT/N/RWA/108  
 
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   RS EAS 35, Fortified edi ble salt  — Specification  
 RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods  
 RS ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
 RS ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Deter mination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content 
of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-
performance liquid chRS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding 
stuffs – Horizontal method for the enumeration of yeas ts 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  
 RS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products  — Samplingromatographic method   
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  
http://www.rsb.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/files/pdf/new_stds/P ublic_Review_March_18
/DRS_101 -2018_COOKIES.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/RWA/18_2020_00_e.pdf