G/TBT/N/KEN/1336  
1 December 2022  
(22-8942) 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  
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.keb s.org 
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Prepared 
foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn 
flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other 
worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre -cooked, or otherwise prepared, not 
elsewhere  specified or included. (HS code(s): 1904); Cereals, pulses and derived products 
(ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DKS 523 -
2:2022 Breakfast cereals — Specification Part 2: Flaked/puffed cereals (read y-to-eat); 
(12 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Kenya Standard prescribes the requirements for 
ready to eat flaked/puffed breakfast cereals including cereal bars and muesli  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urg ent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• KS EAS 38 Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
• KS EAS 39 Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing 
industry  
• KS EAS 803 Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
• KS EAS 804 Claims — General requirements  G/TBT/N/KEN/1336  
 
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  • KS EAS 805 Use of nutrition and health claims — Requirements  
• KS CXS 192 General Standard for Food Additives  
• KS CXS 201 Standard for Oats  
• KS ISO 712 Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content 
(Basic reference method)  
• KS ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables and  derived products — Determination of lead 
content — Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• KS ISO 5985 Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric 
acid. 
• KS ISO 6579 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.  
• KS ISO 7251 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most 
probable number technique  
• KS ISO 11085 Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs -- 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
• KS 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  
• KS ISO 20483 Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
• KS ISO 21527 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feedstuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95  
• KS ISO 23637 Determination of cadmium content by graphite furnace atomic 
absorpti on spectrometry with diluted nitric acid extraction  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  29 January 2023  
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 (KEBS)  
KEBS Centre  
Contact Person: Managing Director  
Popo Road, off Mombasa Road, Behind Bellevue Cinema  
P.O. Box 54974  
Tel: +(254) 722 202137; +(254) 724 255242  
Fax: +(254) 20 609660; +(254) 20 604031  
Email: info@kebs.org  
Website: https://www.kebs.org  
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