G/TBT/N/KEN/1208  
14 January 2022  
(22-0322) 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 [X], 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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  KS 2954: 2021 
Cake Mixes — Specification (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard specifies requirements,  sampling and test 
methods for cake mixes  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
 CXS 192, Codex General Standard for food additives  
 KS EAS 901 , Cereals and pulses - Test methods  
KS EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food an d drink manufacturing industry  
KS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods  
KS 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 11866 -1, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — 
Part 1: Most probable number technique using 4 -methylumbelliferyl -beta-D-glucuronide 
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  KS ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumerati on of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
KS ISO 21528 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Enterobacteriacea e — Part 2: Colony -count technique  
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) 0 20 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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