G/TBT/N/BDI/244  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1263  
G/TBT/N/RWA/674  
G/TBT/N/TZA/784  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1598  
 
25 May 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Kenya Bureau of Standards  
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:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Other oil 
seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken. (HS code(s): 1207); Oilseeds (ICS 
code(s): 67.200.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 889:2022 
Groundnut kernels for oil ex traction — Specification; (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for groundnut kernels of the plant Arachis hypogea intended 
for oil extraction  
7. Objecti ve 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; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trad e barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene for food and drink manufacturing industries  
ISO 542, Oilseeds — Sampling  
ISO 659, Oilseeds -- Determination of oil content (Reference method)  
ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and acidity  G/TBT/N/BDI/244, G/TBT/N/KEN/1263, G/TBT/N/RWA/674, G/TBT/N/TZA/784, 
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  ISO 665, Oilseeds — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
ISO 729, Oilseeds — Determination of acidity of oils 
CXS 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in foods  
ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
ISO 6888 -1, Microbio logy 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  
ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the tota l content of aflatoxins 
B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High-performance liquid 
chromatographic method  
ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli  
ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration yeasts and moulds — Part 1: Colony -count technique in products with water 
activity greater than 0,95  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed da te 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:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258  
Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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