G/TBT/N/BDI/125  
14 June 2021  
(21-4832) 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:  BURUNDI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Burundi Bureau of Standards and Quality Control (BBN)  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815/+25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.bbnburundi.org  
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Canned 
vegetables — Specification  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Canned 
vegetables — Specification (42 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Standard applies to canned vegetables, as defined in 
Section  4 below and in the corresponding Annexes and offered for direct consumption, 
including for catering purposes or for repackaging if required. It does not apply to the 
product when indicated as being intended for further processing. This Standard does not 
cover vegetables that are lacto -fermented, pickled or preserved in vinegar.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Quality requirements; Harmonization  G/TBT/N/BDI/125  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 999.10, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper and Iron in foods 
Atomic absorption spectrometry after microwave digestion  
• CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for food additives  
• EAS 38, Labelling for pre -packaged foods — General requirem ents 
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of 
practice  
• ISO 2447, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of tin ISO 4833 -2, 
Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms — Part 2 : Colony count at 30 degrees C by the surface plating 
technique  
• ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead 
content — Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• 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 -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  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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:   
Documentation and Information Centre Division at BBN  
Boulevard de la Tanzanie N° 500  
BP: 3535 Bujumbura, Burundi  
Tel: +25722221815 or +25722221577  
E- Mail: info@bbnburundi.org  
Website: www.bbnburundi.org