G/TBT/N/RWA/99  
 
10 January 2018  
(18-0213) 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 202: 2017 
Non-alcoholic beverages (ICS 67.160.20).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Fruit juices and 
nectars – Specification (25 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Rwanda Standard specifies requirements and test methods 
for fruit juices, nectars and concentrated fruit juices intended for direct human 
consumption or for further processing.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Quality requir ements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 950.27, Solids (total) in non -alcoholic beverages  
AOAC 979.17, Lead in evaporated milk and fruit juice, Anodic stripping voltametric method  
AOAC 980.19, Tin in food, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric method  
AOAC 999.10, Lead, cadmium, zinc, copper and iron in food, Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry  
CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in foods  
ISO 17239, Fruits, vegetables and derived products – Determination of arsenic content – 
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  RS 164, Honey – Specification  
RS CAC/RCP 1, General Principles for Food Hygiene  
RS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
RS CODEX STAN 212, Sugars – Specification  
RS EAS 12, Potable water  – Specification  
RS EAS 38, General standard for labeling of prepackaged foods  
RS EAS 803, General requirements for nutrition labelling  
RS EAS 805, Guidelines for use of nutrition and health claims  
RS ISO 16649 -1, Microbiology 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 2173, Fruit and vegetable produc ts – Determination of soluble solids – 
Refractometric method  
RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate 
technique  
RS ISO 6 579-1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
RS ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphy lococcus aureus and other 
species) – Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium   
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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