G/TBT/N/RWA/178  
 
24 July 2018  
(18-4643) 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): Tea 
(ICS 67.140.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DRS 390: 2018 
Herbal infusions -Specification (13 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for herbal infusions intended for human consumption.  
This standard applies to infusions made from grains, fruits, leaves, flowers, roots or any 
other plant part. This standard excludes tea from Camellia sinensis and infusions claimed 
to have medical or other h ealth effects.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• RS ISO 1839, Tea - Sampling  
• 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  
• 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 6579 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -Horizonta l method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  G/TBT/N/RWA/178  
 
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  • RS 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 equal t o 0,95  
• RS CAC/RCP 1, General principles for food hygiene  
• AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in foods, Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
• 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 16050, Foodstuffs -Determination of aflatoxins   
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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