G/SPS/N/KEN/152  
26 January 2022  
(22-0642) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  KENYA  
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):  Pasteurized, Reconstituted, Recombined and Toned Milk - 
Specification  
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:  DKS 703:2021 Pasteurized, Reconstituted, Recombined 
and Toned Milk - Specification . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  11 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/KEN/22_0975_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test 
methods for pasteurized reconstituted, recombined milk and toned milk.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plan t 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• AOAC Method 984.15, enzymatic hydrolysis of lactose to glucose and galactose at pH 
6.6 by β -galactosidase  
• AOAC 999.10, Official method for lead, cadmium, zinc, copper, and iron in foods Atomic 
Absorption Spectrophotometry after microwave Digestion  
• KS 2784, Milk fat products - Specifica tion G/SPS/N/KEN/152  
 
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  • KS EAS 12, potable water - Specification  
• KS EAS 49, milk powder and cream powder - Specification  
• KS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements  
• KS EAS 39, General principles for food hygiene  
• KS EAS 67, raw milk - Specification  
• KS 69, Pasteurized milk - Specification  
• KS EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
• KS 1552, Code of hygienic practice for milk and milk products  
• KS ISO 707, Milk and milk products - Guidance on sampling  
• KS ISO 2446, Milk - Determination o f fat content  
• KS ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms - Colony count technique  
• KS ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of microorganisms - Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
• KS ISO 5764, Milk - determination of freezing point - Thermistor cryoscope method 
(Reference method)  
• 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  
• KS ISO 6731, Milk, cream and evaporated milk - Determination of total solids content 
(Reference method)  
• KS ISO/TS 6733; Milk and milk products - Determination of lead content - Graphite 
furnace atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• KS ISO 6888 -3, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) - Part 3: Detection and  MPN technique for low numbers  
• KS ISO 8968 -4, Milk and milk products - Determination of nitrogen content - Part 4: 
Determination of protein and non -protein nitrogen content and true protein content 
calculation (Reference method)  
• KS ISO 14501, Milk and milk  powder - Determination of aflatoxin M1 content - Clean -up 
by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -performance liquid 
chromatography  
• ISO 21528 -2, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Enterobacteriaceae - Part 2: Colony -count technique  (available in 
English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : March 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : March 2022  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[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) : 27 March 2022  
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 (KEBS)  
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  G/SPS/N/KEN/152  
 
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  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 (KEBS)  
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