G/TBT/N/RWA/151  
 
23 July 2018  
(18-4595) 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): Milk and 
processed milk products (ICS 67.100.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DEAS 49: 2018 
Milk powders and cream powder - Specification (12 page(s), in English)   
6. Description of content: This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements,  
sampling and test methods for milk powders and cream powder 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 requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods Atomic 
absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
CAC/RCP 1, General principles for food hygiene  
CAC/RCP 57, Code of H ygienic Practice for Milk and Milk Products  
CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods - General requirements  
EAS 67, Raw cow milk - Specification  
EAS 69, Pasteurized milk - Specification  
EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  G/TBT/N/RWA/151  
 
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  ISO 1736, Dried milk and dried milk products - Determination of fat content -- Gravimetric 
method (Reference method)  
ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coli forms - Colony count technique  
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 5537, Dried milk - Determination of moisture content (Reference method)  
ISO 6091, Dried milk - Determination of titratable acidity (Reference method)  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella sp p. 
ISO 6611, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts and/or 
moulds - Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
ISO 8156, Dried milk and dried milk products - Determination of insolubility index  
ISO 8968 -1, Milk and milk products  - Determination of nitrogen content - Part 1: Kjeldahl 
principle and crude protein calculation  
ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder - Determination of aflatoxin M1 content - Clean -up by 
immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -performance liquid  
chromatography  
ISO 11866 -1, Milk and milk products - Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Part 
1: Most probable number technique using 4 -methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-glucuronide (MUG)   
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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