RBS
PO Box: 7099 Kigali-Kicukiro
Tel: +250-58 61 03
AVAILABLE STANDARDS IN SPECIFIC TECHNICAL COMMITEES
SCOPES

RBS\TC 1: Beverages
      It deals with the development of Rwandan standards of the following products:
  • Alcoholic Beverages such as Beers, Wines, Liquors and spirits.
  • Non alcoholic Beverages such as fruit juices, soft drinks and Glucose based energy drinks
  • Water such as Natural mineral water, Bottled/ drinking water and containerized drinking water
  • Method of sampling and testing of alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks.

RBS\TC 2: Tea and Coffee
      It deals with the development of Rwandan standards of the following products:
  • Tea products such as Black tea, classification grades of particle size analysis and tea sacks
  • Coffee Products such as Green coffee, Instant coffee and roasted coffee beans and roasted ground coffee
  • Methods of sampling and analysis of tea and coffee

RBS\TC 3: Cereals, Pulses, Legumes and Derived products
      It deals with the development of Rwandan standards of the following products:
  • Cereal products such as sorghum grains, sorghum flour, maize grains, whole maize meal, dry milled maize meal, wheat and durum wheat grains, wheat flour, cassava flour, bread, cakes, cookies, biscuits, pasta products like spaghetti, macaroni, cereal based food for infants and children, Edible maize starch.
  • Methods of sampling and analysis of cereal, pulses, legumes and derived products

RBS\TC 4: Milk and Milk products
      It deals with the development of Rwandan standards of the following products:
  • Milk such as raw milk, Pasteurized, Sterilized (UHT milk) and fermented milk
  • Milk products such as yoghurt, cheeses, butter, milk powder and cream powder and dairy ice cream and ice milk
  • Methods of sampling and analysis of milk and milk products

RBS\TC 5: Meat and Meat products including fish and fishery products
      It deals with the development of Rwandan standards of the following products:
  • Meat and fish such as fresh meat, fresh sausages and fresh fin fish, Code of hygienic practices for fresh meat, code of practice for handling, processing and distribution of fish
  • Meat and fishery products such as Canned corned beef, cooked and smoked sausages, ball meat, dressed poultry, code of hygienic practice for processed meat
  • Methods of sampling and analysis of meat and meat products including fish and fishery products

RBS\TC 6: Edible fats and oils
      It deals with the development of Rwandan standards of the following products:
  • Edible fats and oils such as Named animal fats, Named vegetable oils edible fats and oils and margarine, code of practices for the storage and transport of edible and oils in bulk
  • Methods of sampling and analysis of edible fats and oils.

RBS\TC 12: Sugar and sugar products
      It deals with the development of Rwandan standards of the following products:
  • Sugar and sugar products such as Raw sugar, brown sugar, refined white sugar, Plantation white sugar, glucose monohydrate, Honey, Chocolates.
  • Methods of sampling and analysis of sugar and sugar products

RBS\TC 16: horticultural and derived products
      It deals with the development of Rwandan standards of the following products:
  • Derived products such as jams, Jellies and marmalades, tomato products like sauce, ketchup, paste, puree, canned tomatoes and tomato juice.
  • Methods of sampling and analysis of derived products.

RBS\TC 17: Prepackaged and prepared  foods
      It deals with the development of Rwandan standards of the following products:
  • Prepackaged and prepared foods such as milk-based baby foods, code of marketing of breast milk substitutes, infant food formula, follow up formula.
  • Methods of sampling and analysis of prepackaged and prepared foods

RBS/TC 10: ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
           The above committee deals with standards in areas of:
  • Electric cables  ,overhead conductors and overhead lines
  • Switchgear,controlgear,transmission and distribution equipment
  • Electrical installations, accessories and safety regulations
  • Lamps ,related accessories and illumination engineering
  • Household and similar electrical appliances 
  • Extra – low voltage equipment
  • Electronics equipments
  • Electrical and electronic measurement equipments
  • Wiring accessories and regulations
  • Renewable Energy Resources
  • Lightning Protection

RBS/TC 11 COSMETICS AND RELATED PRODUCTS

Standardization in field of cosmetic products, hair care and body care products, natural and synthetic fragrance materials and essential oils in terms of terminology, classification, characteristics, specifications, test and performance methods.


RBS\TC 23: Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgy
      It deals with the development of Rwandan standards in area of:
  • Mechanical systems and components for general use such as screw threads, fasteners, spring, Gears etc.
  • Fluid systems and components for general use such as fluid storage devices, pipeline components and pipelines, valves, ventilations, Fans, Air conditioning etc
  • Manufacturing Engineering such as Machine tools, cutting tools, handheld tools, welding, brazing, soldering etc.
  • Energy and heat transfer engineering such as Internal combustion engines, Burners, boilers etc
  • Road vehicles Engineering in general
  • Material handling equipment such as lifting, industrial truck, material for the reinforcement of composites, material for manual handling etc.
  • Metallurgy such as testing of metals, iron and steel products etc.





Last Update: 07-06-2010