G/TBT/N/KEN/1433  
30 May 2023  
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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:  KENYA  
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:   
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 [  ], 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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived pro ducts (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  KS 2839 -5:2023 
Blended flour — Specification. Part 5: Wheat and sorghum blend; (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard specifi es the requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for blended wheat and sorghum flour prepared from milling grains and 
/or products of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolour 
(L) Moench.) or a mixture of their flour thereof intend ed for human consumption  
7. 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; Quality requir ements  
8. Relevant documents:   
KS EAS 1, Wheat flour — Specification.  
KS EAS 51, Wheat grain — Specification.  
KS EAS 95, Sorghum flour — Specification.  
KS EAS 757, Sorghum grain — Specification.  
AOAC 2001.06, Total fumonisins in corn. Competitive direct enzyme -linked 
immunosorbent assay  
AOAC 2013.06, Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury and Lead in foods  G/TBT/N/KEN/1433  
 
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  KS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
KS CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
KS EAS 1, Wheat flour — Specification  
KS EAS 51, Wheat grains — Specification  
KS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
KS EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
KS EAS 95, Sorghum flour — Specification  
KS EAS 757, Sorghum grains — Specification  
KS EAS 768, Fortified milled maize (corn) products — Specification  
KS EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
KS EAS 804, Claims on food — General requirements  
KS EAS 805, Use of nutrition and he alth claims — Requirements  
KS ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — 
Reference method  
KS ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
KS ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination crude fibre Content -General 
method  
KS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
KS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmo nella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
KS ISO 7305, Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity.  
KS ISO 9648, Sorghum — Determination of tannin content  
KS 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  
KS 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  
KS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count te chnique in products with 
water activity less than or equal to 0,95  
KS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 September 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  29 July 2023  G/TBT/N/KEN/1433  
 
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  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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