G/TBT/N/KEN/1561  
15 January 2024  
(24-0308) 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):  Milk and 
milk products (ICS code(s): 67.100); Animal and vegetable fats and oils (ICS code(s): 
67.200.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 
1072:2023 Blend of Skimmed Milk and  Vegetable Fat in Powdered form — Specification; 
(15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test 
methods for a blend of skimmed milk and vegetable fat in powder form or reduced / 
medium f at blend variety, intended for direct consumption or for further processing.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements;  Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• AOAC 999.10 - Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper and iron in foods. Atomic absorption 
spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
• ARS 53 – General Principles of Food Hygiene – Code of practice  
• ARS 56 Pre -packaged Foods – Labelling  
• WD-ARS XXX - Glossary of Dairy Terms  
• CXG 9 – General Principles for the Addition of Essential Nutrients for Food  G/TBT/N/KEN/1561  
 
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  • CXS 192 - General Standard for Food Additives  
• CXS 193 - General Standard for Contaminants and To xins in Food and Feed  
• CXS 234 - Recommended methods of analysis and sampling  
• ISO 4832 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
• 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 7251 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Esch erichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
• ISO 14501:2021 | IDF 171:2021 -Milk and milk powder -Determination of aflatoxin 
M1 content  
• Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
• ISO 19020 - Microbi ology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
immunoenzymatic detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins in foodstuffs  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 June 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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