G/SPS/N/BDI/69, G/SPS/N/KEN/226  
G/SPS/N/RWA/62, G/SPS/N/TZA/299  
G/SPS/N/UGA/275  
15 September 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Kenya Bureau of Standards  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Other: (HS code(s): 12024); Animal and vegetable fats and oils 
(ICS code(s): 67.200.10)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  DEAS 1171:2023 Peanut/groundnut flour - Specification . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  10 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/KEN/23_12385_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling, and test methods for peanut/groundnut flour from the varieties of 
Arachis  hypogaea L.  intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial  number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/BDI/69 • G/SPS/N/KEN/226 • G/SPS/N/RWA/62 • G/SPS/N/TZA/299 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/275  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
1. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
2. EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
3. EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
4. EAS 804, Claims — General requirements  
5. EAS 805, Use of Nutrition, and health claims — Requirements  
6. EAS 888, Raw and roasted groundnuts – Specification  
7. ISO 735, Oilseed residues — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
8. ISO 665, Oilseeds — Determination of mo isture and volatile matter content  
9. ISO 729, Oilseeds — Determination of acidity of oils  
10. ISO 6579 –1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
11. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium.  
12. ISO 16050, Foodstu ffs — 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  
13. ISO 16649 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal me thod 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.  
14. ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal meth od for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
15. ISO 21294 Oilseeds  - Manual or automatic discontinuous sampling  
(available  in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determine d. 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 November 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Tel.: +(254) 020 605490, 605506 6948258  
Fax: +(254) 020 609660 609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Tel.: +(254) 020 605490, 605506 6948258  
Fax: +(254) 020 609660 609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org