G/TBT/N/RWA/198  
 
21 November 2018  
(18-7314) 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): Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
DEAS 1: 2018 Wheat flour - Specification (12 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for wheat flour prepared from common wheat, Triticum 
aestivum L. or club wheat, Triticum compactum Host, or mixtures thereof intended for 
human consumption.  
It does not apply to wheat flour obtained from Triticum durum and fortified wheat flour.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food - Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
• AOAC 965.22, Sorting corn grits - Sieving method  
• CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• CODEX STAN 193, Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food 
and Feed  
• EAS 35, Edible salt - Specification  
• EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification  G/TBT/N/RWA/198  
 
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  • EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and dr ink manufacturing industry - Code of practice  
• EAS 51, Wheat grains - Specification  
• EAS 900, Cereals and Pulses - Sampling  
• EAS 901, Cereals and Pulses - Test Methods  
• ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products - Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
• 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 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination crude fibre content - 
General method  
• ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 1 - Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 2: M ethod using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• 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 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived prod ucts - Determination of lead content 
- Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• ISO 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  
• 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  
• 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 equa l 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 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw   
P.O.BOX 7 099, Kigali, Rwanda