G/TBT/N/BDI/453, G/TBT/N/KEN/1558  
G/TBT/N/RWA/989, G/TBT/N/TZA/1089  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1903  
12 January 2024  
(24-0272) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw  
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw   
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Ice cream 
and ice confectionery (ICS code(s): 67.100.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s)  of the notified document:  DEAS 1192: 
2023, Reduced fat dairy ice cream and dairy ices — Specification; (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for reduced fat dairy ice cream and dairy ices intended for 
human consumption.  
This standard does not apply to the product covered in EAS 70.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CXC 57, Code of hygienic practice for m ilk and milk products  
2. CXS 192, General standard for food additives  
3. EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
4. EAS 16, Plantation (mill) white sugar — Specification  
5. EAS 22, Butter —Specification  G/TBT/N/BDI/453 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1558 • G/TBT/N/RWA/989 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1089 • 
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  6. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
7. EAS 49, Milk powders and cream powder — Specification  
8. EAS 5, Refined white sugar — Specification  
9. EAS 67, Raw cow milk —Specification  
10. EAS 69, Pasteurized milk —Specification  
11. EAS 749, Brown sugars — Specification  
12. EAS 770, Fortified sugar — Specification  
13. EAS 8, Raw cane sugar — Specification  
14. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling ― Requirements  
15. EAS 804, Claims on foods ― General requirements  
16. EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims ― Requirements  
17. ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain —Horizontal me thod for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. —Part 1: 
Detection method  
18. ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
19. ISO 22184, Milk and milk products — Determination of the sugar contents High 
performance anion exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric 
detection method (HPAEC -PAD) 
20. ISO 3728, Ice -cream and milk ice — Determination of  total solid content  
21. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of microorganisms — Colony Count Technique  
22. ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorga nisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the 
pour plate technique  
23. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp  
24. ISO 6611, Milk and milk  products — Methods of microbiological examination — 
Part 3: Enumeration of colony — forming units of yeasts and/or moulds — colony 
— count technique at 25oC  
25. ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
26. ISO 7932, Microbiology of food and animal f eeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of presumptive Bacillus cereus — Colony -count technique at 
30 degrees C  
27. ISO/TS 6733, Milk and milk products —Determination of lead content —Graphite 
furnace atomic absorption spectrometric method  
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  G/TBT/N/BDI/453 • G/TBT/N/KEN/1558 • G/TBT/N/RWA/989 • G/TBT/N/TZA/1089 • 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)  
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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