G/TBT/N/RWA/179  
 
24 July 2018  
(18-4644) 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): Alcoholic 
beverages (ICS 67.160.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DRS 391:2018 
Ikigage - Specification (11 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for  Ikigage 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:   
• 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 ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal f eeding 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 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain -- Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microo rganisms -- Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
• RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -- Horizontal 
method for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
• RS ISO 6888 -3, 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  G/TBT/N/RWA/179  
 
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  • RS CAC/RCP 1, General Principles for Food Hygiene  
• RS EAS 12, Potable Water - Specification  
• RS EAS 38, Labelling of Pre -Packaged Foods  
• RS EAS 104, Alcoholic Beverages - Method of sampling and testing  
• RS 164, Honey -Specification  
• RS CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethy ldithiocarbamate  
• AOAC 999.11, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron and Zinc in Food, Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry  
• RS ISO 1842, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of pH  
• RS ISO 16050, Foodstuffs Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of  
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products - High-
performance liquid chromatographic 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  
 
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