G/TBT/N/RWA/411  
20 November 2020  
(20-8375) 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:  RWANDA   
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 [   ], 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 445: 2020 
Ready -to-eat puffed cereals — Specification (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for ready -to-eat puffed ce reals intended for human 
consumption.  
This standard does not apply to popcorn.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Reducing 
trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 2001.04, Determination of Fumonis ins B-1 and B -2 in Corn and Corn Flakes 
by Liquid Chromatography with Immunoaffinity  
• AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate method  
• AOAC 999.10, Official Method Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper, and Iron in Foods 
Atomic Absorption Spectropho tometry after Microwave Digestion  
• ISO 729, Oilseeds — Determination of acidity of oils  
• RS CAC/RCP 1, General principles for food hygiene — Code of practice  G/TBT/N/RWA/411  
 
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  • RS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• RS EAS 1, Wheat flour — Specification  
• RS EAS 128, Milled rice — Specification  
• RS EAS 321, Edible fats and oils — Specification  
• RS EAS 35, Fortified food grade salt — Specification'  
• RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre - packaged foods — General requirements  
• RS EAS 44, Milled maize (corn) pro ducts — Specification  
• RS EAS 740, Cassava flour — Specification  
• RS EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products —Determination of total cyanogens 
— Enzymatic assay method  
• RS EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
• RS EAS 804, Claims on foods — General requirem ents 
• RS EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims — Requirements  
• 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 16050, Foodstuffs — Determ ination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content 
of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-
performance liquid chromatographic method  
• RS 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 1738, Butter — Determination of salt content  
• RS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food an d 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  
• RS ISO 3960, Animal and ve getable fats and oils — Determination of peroxide 
value — Iodometric (visual) endpoint determination  
• RS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour plate 
technique  
• RS ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination crude fibre Content -
General method  
• RS ISO 5506, Soya bean products — Determination of urease activity  
• 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, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella sp p 
• RS ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology 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  
• RS ISO 9648, Sorghum — Determination of tannin content  G/TBT/N/RWA/411  
 
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  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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