G/TBT/N/KEN/1212  
14 January 2022  
(22-0326) 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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Animal 
feeding stuffs (ICS 65.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DKS 2957: 2021 
Compounded Indigenous (Kienyeji) Chicken Feed — Specification (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard s pecifies requirements for compounded 
feeds used as complete or supplementary feed for indigenous (kienyeji) chickens.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of dece ptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of animal or plant life or health; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
ISO 5983 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of nitrogen content and calculation 
of crude protein content — Part 1: Kjeldahl method   
ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
ISO 6490 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of calcium content — Part 1: 
Titrimetric method ISO 6491, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of phos phorus 
content — Spectrometric method ISO 6492, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of fat 
content  
ISO 6495 -1, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of water -soluble chlorides content  
ISO 6496, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of moisture and other volatile matter 
content  
ISO 6497, Animal feeding stuffs — Sampling  G/TBT/N/KEN/1212  
 
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  ISO 6865, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of crude fibre content — Method with 
intermediate filtration  
ISO 9831, Animal feeding stuffs, animal products, and faeces or urine — Determin ation 
of gross calorific value — Bomb calorimeter method  
ISO 13903, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of amino acids content  
ISO 14565, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of vitamin A content — Method using 
high-performance liquid chromatography  
ISO 14718, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1 content of mixed 
feeding stuffs — Method using high -performance liquid chromatography  
ISO 17375, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1  
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  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
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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