G/TBT/N/KEN/1569  
19 January 2024  
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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):  Milk and 
milk products (ICS code(s): 67.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 
1096:2023 Milk Powders and Cream Powder — Specification; (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Descriptio n of content:  This African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test 
methods for milk powders and cream powder, intended for direct consumption or further 
processing.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
appli cable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. AOAC 999.10 - Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper and iron in foods. Atomic absorption 
spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
2. ARS 53 - General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
3. ARS 56 - Pre-packaged foods — Labelling  
4. CXS 192 - General Standard for Food Additives  
5. CXS 193 - General Standard for Contaminants and Toxi ns in Food and Feed  
6. CXS 234 - Recommended methods of analysis and sampling  G/TBT/N/KEN/1569  
 
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  7. ISO 4832 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
8. ISO 6579 -1 - Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp.  
9. ISO 7251 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia  coli — Most 
probable number technique  
10. ISO 14501 - Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — 
Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -
performance liquid chromatography  
11. ISO 19020 - Microbiology 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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