G/TBT/N/RWA/109  
 
17 April 2018  
(18-2305) 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 prod ucts (ICS 67.060).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DRS 125:2018, 
Fresh tofu  — Specification (19 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods 
for fresh tofu intended for use in food preparations for human consumption  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
 AOAC 963.21, Arsenic in food Kjeldahl flask digestion  
 AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in foods, Atomic Absorption 
Spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
 EAS 147 -1:2000, Vinegar — Specification — Part 1: Vinegar from natural sources  
 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 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
 ISO 6541, Agricultural food products — Determination of crude fibre content — 
Modified Scharrer method  
 RS EAS 38, General Standard for the Labelling of Pre -packaged Foods.  
 RS EAS 762, Dry soybeans — Specification  G/TBT/N/RWA/109  
 
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   RS ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
 RS ISO 20483, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content an d 
calculation of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
 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 t han or equal to 0,95  
 RS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
 RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella – Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp  
 RS ISO 6888 -1; Mic robiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus 
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 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw   
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
http://www.rsb.gov.rw/fileadmin/user_upload/files/pdf/new_stds/Public_Review_March_18
/DRS_125 -2018_FRESH_TOFU.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/TBT/RWA/18_2021_00_e.pdf