G/TBT/N/RWA/177  
 
24 July 2018  
(18-4642) 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: DRS 389:2018 
Popcorn - Specification (15 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test  methods for popcorn intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
• RS CAC/RCP 1, General principles of food Hygiene  
• RS EAS  2, Maize grains -Specification  
• RS EAS 35, Fortified food grade salt -Specification  
• RS EAS 38, Labelling of Pre -Packaged Foods  
• RS EAS 147 -1, Vinegar -Specification, Part 1: Vinegar from natural sources  
• RS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• RS CODEX STAN 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
• RS CODEX STAN 212, Sugars -Specification  
• EAS 321, Edible fats and oils -Specification  
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
• AOAC 972.25, Official Method,  Lead in Food Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometric 
Method  
• AOAC 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins in Corn and Corn Flakes  G/TBT/N/RW A/177  
 
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  • RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of microorganisms - Part 1: Co lony count at 30 degrees C by 
the pour plate technique  
• RS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid 
• RS ISO 6540, Maize -Determination of moisture content (on milled grains and on 
whole grains  
• RS ISO 6579 -1, Micro biology of food and animal feeding stuffs -Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
• RS ISO 7305, Milled cereal products -Determination of fat acidity  
• RS ISO 16050, Foodstuffs -Determination of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in 
cereals, nuts and de rived products -High performance liquid chromatographic 
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  
• 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 to 0,95  
• RS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products -Sampling   
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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