G/TBT/N/RWA/1377

1 April 2026

(26-2592)

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade

Original: English

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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

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], Other:

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Products covered (HS codes or national tariff lines. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Animal feeding stuffs (ICS code(s): 65.120)

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Details of notified document(s) (title, number of pages and languages, means of access): DRS 635:2026, Fish feed premix — Specification; (47 page(s), in English)

Link to notified document(s) and/or contact details for agency or authority which can provide copies upon request:

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2026/TBT/RWA/26_01800_00_e.pdf

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

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Description of content: This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies requirements, sampling, and test methods for fish feed premix as a source of vitamins and trace elements for fish.

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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; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement

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Relevant documents:

1. AOAC 982.29, Determination of vitamin D in mixed feeds, premixes and pet food

2. AOAC 985.01, Metals and other elements in plants and pet foods

3. AOAC 993.20, Iodine value of fats and oils Wijs (cyclohexane – acetic acid solvent) method

4. AOAC 2004.07, Determination of vitamin B6 by HPLC

5. AOAC 2011.19, Chromium, selenium, and molybdenum in infant F

6. RS ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of phosphorus content — Spectrometric method

7. RS ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling

8. 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.

9. 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

10. RS ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination 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

11. RS ISO 6888-1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species) — Part 1: Method using Baird-Parker agar medium

12. ISO 21468, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of free and total choline and free and total carnitine — Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS)

13. 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

14. ISO 14565, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of vitamin A content — Method using high-performance liquid chromatography

15. AOAC 985.33, Official Method 985.33. Vitamin C (Reduced Ascorbic Acid) in Ready-to-Feed Milk-Based Infant Formula 2,6-Dichloroindophenol Titrimetric Method.

16. ISO 6867, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of vitamin E content — Method using high-performance liquid chromatography

17. AOAC 2015.14, Simultaneous Determination of Total Vitamins B1, B2, and B6 in Infant Formula and Related Nutritionals

18. RS ISO 20634, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of vitamin B12 by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC)

19. ISO 20639, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of pantothenic acid by ultra high performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry method (UHPLC-MS/MS)

20. RS ISO 23305, Fortified milk powders, infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of total biotin by liquid chromatography coupled with immunoaffinity column clean-up extraction

21. ISO 6869, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of the contents of calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium and zinc — Method using atomic absorption spectrometry

22. 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

23. RS CXC 54, Code of practice on Good Animal Feeding

24. AOAC 999.15, Vitamin K in milk and infant formulas. Liquid chromatographic method

25. AOAC 992.05, Total Folate (Pteroylglutamic Acid) in Infant Formula — Microbiological Methods

26. ISO 20647, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of total iodine — Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)

27. RS ISO 20639, Infant formula and adult nutritionals — Determination of pantothenic acid by ultra high performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry method (UHPLC-MS/MS)

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Proposed date of adoption: To be determined

Proposed date of entry into force: 6 months from adoption

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Provision of comments

Final date for comments: 31 May 2026

[X] 60 days from notification

Contact details of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification:

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