G/TBT/N/KEN/1512  
28 November 2023  
(23-8035) Page: 1/2 
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):  Soups and 
broths and preparations therefor; food preparations consisting of finely homogenised 
mixtures of two or more basic ingredients such as meat, fish, vegetables or fruit, put up 
for retail sale as infant food  or for dietetic purposes, in containers of <= 250 g (HS 
code(s): 2104); Meat and meat products (ICS code(s): 67.120.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DKS2308:2023 
Soup stock medium ― Specification; (8 page(s), in Eng lish) 
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard specifies the requirements and the 
methods of sampling and test for Soup stock medium derived from approved and gazetted 
food animals.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problem s where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• IS 11771: 1986, Specification for soup stock medium (beef)  
• FAO (1993) Meat and meat products including soups and broths Vol.1  
• Codex Standards for processed meat and poultry standards (Part 1, Vol.10 -1994).  
• CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice — General principles of 
food hygiene.  
• KS 2761, Meat hygiene — Code of practice  G/TBT/N/KEN/1512  
 
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  • EAS 12, Drinking (potable wate r) — Specification  
• EAS 35, Edible salt — Specification  
• EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods — Specification.  
• EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
• ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms — Most probable number 
technique  
• ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
• ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees 
C 
• ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
• ISO 7251,  Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique.  
• ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 1: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity greater than 0.95  
• ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony co unt technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 March 2024  
Proposed date 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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