G/TBT/N/BDI/403 , G/TBT/N/KEN/1498  
G/TBT/N/RWA/927 , G/TBT/N/TZA/1031  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1838  
15 September 2023  
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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:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
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 [  ], 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):  - Cashew 
nuts: (HS code(s): 08013); Animal and vegetable fats and oils (ICS code(s): 67.200.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 
1170:2023 Cashew Flour – Specification; (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft East African Standard specifies requirements, 
sampling and test methods for cashew flour obtained from milling of cashew kernels 
derived from nuts of cashew tree (of varieties of Anacardium occidentale L.) intended for 
human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; P rotection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Codex Stan 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  
2. EAS 38, Labelling of pre-packaged foods — Specification.  
3. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
4. EAS 803 Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
5. EAS 804, Claims — General requirements  
6. EAS 805, Use of Nutrition, and health claims — Requirements  G/TBT/N/BDI/403, G/TBT/N/KEN/1498, G/TBT/N/RWA/927, G/TBT/N/TZA/1031, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1838  
 
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  7. ISO 665, Oilseeds — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
8. IS0 729 Oilseeds — Determination of acidity of oils  
9. ISO 735, Oilseed residues — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
10. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
11. ISO 6888 -1 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coag ulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
12. 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  
13. ISO 16649 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -count 
technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
14. ISO 21527 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — 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  
15. ISO 21294 Oilseeds – Manual or automatic discontinuous sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined and notified  
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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