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Burundi,Kenya,Rwanda,Tanzania,UgandaAdopted, according to its latest notice

Cereal flours; other than of wheat or meslin

Official title

DEAS 1268:2025, Rice flour — Specification, First Edition

Burundi issued an addendum on 11 November 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/BDI/133. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 23 June 2025. The comment period closed on 22 August 2025.

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At a glance

Products

Cereal flours (excl. wheat, meslin and maize); Cereals, pulses and derived products

HS codes
  • 11 · Products of the milling industry; malt, starches, inulin, wheat gluten
    • 110290 Cereal flours (excl. wheat, meslin and maize)
Notifying members
Status
Adopted, according to its latest notice
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/BDI/133Latest notice: G/SPS/N/BDI/133/Add.1
Keywords
Human health, Food safety, Adoption/publication/entry into force of reg.

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 22 August 2025
Proposed adoption
To be determined and notified.
Proposed entry into force
To be determined.

What the notification says

Latest notice (⁨G/SPS/N/BDI/133/Add.1⁩, 11 November 2026)

The latest notice says the measure was adopted or published.

DEAS 1268:2025, Rice flour — Specification, First Edition

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 1268:2025, Rice flour — Specification, First Edition, notified in G/SPS/N/BDI/133, G/SPS/N/KEN/336, G/SPS/N/RWA/126, G/SPS/N/TZA/454, G/SPS/N/UGA/444 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 30 June 2026 as EAS 1268:2026, Rice flour — Specification, First Edition.

This draft East Africa Standard specifies the requirements, methods of sampling and test for rice flour obtained from grinding milled rice of the varieties grown from rice grains, Oryza spp. intended for human consumption. Note: This Draft Tanzania Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.

Notices on this measure

Every notice about this measure published here, newest first. Each one is the notifying member's own text.

  1. AddendumG/SPS/N/BDI/133/Add.1

    Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda

    DEAS 1268:2025, Rice flour — Specification, First Edition

    Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda would like to inform WTO Members that the Draft East African Standard; DEAS 1268:2025, Rice flour — Specification, First Edition, notified in G/SPS/N/BDI/133, G/SPS/N/KEN/336, G/SPS/N/RWA/126, G/SPS/N/TZA/454, G/SPS/N/UGA/444 was adopted by the East African Community Council of Ministers on 30 June 2026 as EAS 1268:2026, Rice flour — Specification, First Edition.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)

  2. Regular notificationG/SPS/N/TZA/454

    Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, UgandaComment deadline: Closed on 22 August 2025

    DEAS 1268:2025, Rice flour — Specification, First Edition

    This draft East Africa Standard specifies the requirements, methods of sampling and test for rice flour obtained from grinding milled rice of the varieties grown from rice grains, Oryza spp. intended for human consumption. Note: This Draft Tanzania Standard was also notified under TBT Committee.

    Open on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Official WTO document (opens in a new tab)Notified document (English) (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

All updates from Burundi

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    Symbol: G/SPS/N/BDI/139/Add.1Comment period closed

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    Symbol: G/SPS/N/BDI/134/Add.1Comment period closed

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    Symbol: G/SPS/N/BDI/135/Add.1Comment period closed

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