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RWANDA BUREAU of STANDARDS Newsletter Quarterly Newsletter Issue 13 October - December 2011 www.rwanda-standards.org RWANDA BUREAU OF STANDARDS Newsletter Quarterly Newsletter Issue 13 October - December 2011 Downstreaming the Petroleum Industry Rwanda Water Standards Revised Imports Inspection in Rwanda P.O Box 7099 Kigali-Rwanda Tel:+250 586 1003 Fax: +250 583 305 Website:www.rwanda-standards.org contentsEDITOR’S LETTER foreword 3 By the Director General fortified food standards Towards Improved and Harmonized 4 Fortified Food Standards in the EAC water standards 6 Rwanda Water Standards Revised petroleum industry RBS in the Process of Developing Petrol 8 Station and Motor Vehicle Roadworthi- ness Inspection Standards! imports inspection A Way to Standard Compliant and Safe 10 Products on the Market energy drinks 13 Importance and Side Effects rice sector RBS commits to continual growth of rice 16 sector in Rwanda 08 quality marks Equivalence of Quality Marks in East BUSINESSMAG • ISSUE JULY 2011 18 African Community (EAC) rbs mycotoxin laboratory Facilitates control of mycotoxins, moulds 20 and oxidation in animal feeds Fuel test reports Quality Assurance and Reliability of Test Dispenser 24 Reports from Microbiology Laboratory Measurement in Chemistry Verification 26 Laboratories Chemistry Laboratory Glassware 28 fuel verification RBS to start verification of fuel dispensers 28 twice a year since 2011-2012 organic polLutants Rwanda’s Response on Persistent Organic 32 Pollutants volume laboratory RBS Volume Laboratory -Solving Conflict 34 between Petroleum Depot Operators and Petroleum Transporters. 02 32 FOREWORD Dear Readers, the same period as for Down- Happy New Year 2012! I stream Petroleum Industry. trust that it will even be more Our country is committed to productive than the past year. continual improvement in do- The Issue 13 of the Quarterly ing business and standards will Newsletter of Rwanda Bureau continue to play a vital role. In of Standards brings you useful this issue, we highlight all basics information on standardization in the process of imports inspec- achievements for the quarter tion in Rwanda, how to access October-December 2011. Dur- information and customer facili- ing the quarter, we focused on tation to ensure effective and aspects of Standards aware- friendly business environment. ness, quality standards for RBS Inspectors worked with Rice products competitiveness and Sector in promotion of quality Dr. Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe development and harmoniza- standards as well as offering Director General tion of public safety standards. animal feeds testing services During the quarter, 21 including tests for mycotoxins Rwanda Standards (RS) were which are harmful to animals Our country is committed to continual developed and are awaiting and are traceable in the food improvement in doing business and chain. public review before approval standards will continue to play a vital by the Board of Directors. Other This issue also provides infor- 35 East African Standards (EAS) mation on safety measures and role were harmonized and 25 RS the relevance of market surveil- were reviewed. The Bureau also lance operations and testing (QMS, ISO 9001: 2008). RBS cele- participated in harmonization of of sampled products on the brated the World Standards Day Fortified Food Standards in the market to check for compliance in Rubavu on 18th November East African Community, review to standard requirements. The 2011 and winners of the stan- of Water Standards in Rwanda in strategy for metrology services dards competition in schools order to upgrade the quality and (calibration and verification) were awarded with laptops and safety of the said products. was reviewed and adopted. It school materials among others. Development of Downstream is expected to be implemented Prior to the competition, stu- Petroleum Industry standards beginning 2012 and should dents from four best secondary in collaboration with stakehold- contribute to the improvement schools in the national exams ers has been on-course. The of accuracy, fair trade and con- had been trained in hygiene standards specifications include sumer protection. standards. Public lectures on those for Service stations, Petro- Training of the stakeholders is the need of standards were leum Depots and transporta- paramount to standards compli- conducted in four institutions tion of petroleum products and ance and competitiveness. In of Higher Learning; the National should be ready for use by June the pursuit of competiveness of University of Rwanda, Umutara 2012. In the same period, RBS in Rwanda products on regional Polytechnic, Institute of Agricul- collaboration with stakeholders and international markets, we ture, Technology and Education started developing Motor Ve- offered training to industry in of Kibungo (INATEK) and the hicle Roadworthiness Inspection products and system certifi- Ruhengeri Institute of Higher Standards which the country cation; covering Food Safety Education (INES-Ruhengeri). desperately needs, now that Management System (FSMS, ISO Please enjoy reading this facilities for roadworthiness test 22000:2005), Documentation of issue and update yourself on 13 JAN 2012 • ISSUE are available in the country. In- Food Safety Management Sys- the benefits of standardization clude code for road worthiness tem (ISO 22004: 2005), Internal with respect to doing business, public safety and transfer of test and evaluation of testing Auditing (ISO 19011:2002) and NEWSLETTER stations and this will be ready by Quality Management System technology. RBS 3 East African Community (EAC) Towards Improved and Harmonized Fortified Food Standards Nutrition is a key strategy to and Southern Africa (ECSA) in the EAC five Partner States of reduce the global burden of accordance with the decisions Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanza- disease caused by; or precipi- of the 14th and 15th meetings nia and Uganda; and included tated by malnutrition. Among of East African Standards Com- representatives of both the the major forms of malnutrition mittee held in May 2010 and public and private sectors, rep- is the micronutrients deficiency June 2011 in Arusha and the resentatives of East Central and associated with most of our procedures of the East African Southern Africa Health Commu- common foods stuffs viz: maize Community. The meetings were nity Secretariat; and observers flour, wheat flour, sugar... attended by delegates from from development partners. Fortification of these food stuffs (herein referred to as food vehicles) with micronutrients viz: The meetings discussed pertinent aspects of Vitamin A, folic acid, Vitamin B12, micronutrient levels in all five Draft Standards Vitamin B6, niacin, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, iron, Iodine or zinc, is peculiar almost to all Partner States. seen as a major intervention to curb malnutrition. Discussed Standards Why harmonizing food standards? With the increased trade of The following East African Draft Standards were food commodities including discussed and consensus made: these fortified foods within l DEAS 38-2011, Fortified wheat flour — the region, it has become Specification imperative to develop Regional Standards that over and above l DEAS 39-2011, Fortified milled maize (corn) the other standards, stipulate products Specification minimum and maximum levels of the added nutrients, provide l DEAS 40-201, Fortified edible oils and fats — clauses on how to pack the forti- Specification fied product and use of health and nutrition claims. l DEAS 41-2011, Fortified sugar — Specification • ISSUE 13 JAN 2012 • ISSUE To address these issues the Partner States in the East African l DEAS 42-2011, Fortified edible salt — Community agreed to harmo- Specification Benefits NEWSLETTER nize standards for fortified foods RBS with support from East, Central 4 Food fortification is the practice of deliberately increasing the content micronutrients (Vitamins and Minerals including trace elements) in a food so as to improve the nutritional quality Benefits 2011 at Rainbow Hotel, in Kigali, a Standards Technical Subcommittee Food fortification is the practice of consensus of Rwanda position was for further consideration. deliberately increasing the content formulated. New areas of harmonization micronutrients (Vitamins and Minerals The Rwanda delegation attending Due to large number of standards including trace elements) in a food so the standards harmonization meeting requiring harmonization in East as to improve the nutritional quality of in Kampala-Uganda and that in Kenya African Community, it was neces- the food suppy and to provide a pub- held on 31st October – 4th Novem- sary to priotize the harmonization lic health with minimal risk to health; ber 2011 included representatives with respect to the nature of health fortified foods help in preventing and from Rwanda Bureau of Standards, importance as well as environmental controlling micronutrient deficiencies Ministry of Health, Kigali Institute of considerations. To this end, the meet- in Rwanda and in the Region at large. Science and Technology and mem- ing agreed that standards should be bers of the Private Sector. developed in the following areas to Rwanda : Progress in harmonization of The meetings discussed pertinent further promote food fortification; Fortified Food Standards aspects of micronutrient levels in all • Nutritional labeling and Nutrition Prior attending the Regional Techni- five Draft Standards peculiar almost to and health claims cal Committee meeting,and organiz- all Partner States. • Complementary foods. ing national consultation meeting It was decided to post discussed •
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