G/TBT/N/KEN/1473  
15 August 2023  
(23-5515) 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 [  ], 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):  Surgical 
instruments and materials (ICS code(s): 11.040.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  KS 638 -2023 
Absorbent cotton gauze and gauze bandages.; (21 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard specifies the requirements and test 
methods for bleached absorbent gauze and gauze bandages for use in surgical dressings 
and for general me dical purposes.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitatin g 
trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
KS 639:1989 Specification for bandages Part 1. Cotton gauze bandages  
ISO 8498, Woven fabrics — Description of defects — Vocabulary  
KS ISO 3801,  Textiles  — Woven fabrics — Determination of mass per unit length and 
mass per unit area  
KS ISO 7211 -2, Textiles — Woven fabrics — Construction — Methods of analysis — Part 
2: Determination of number of threads per unit length  
KS 816, Methods for determination of absorbency of absorbent textile materials  G/TBT/N/KEN/1473  
 
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  KS EAS 256,  
KS ISO 105 -J02, Textiles — Tests for colour fastness — Part J02: Instrumental 
assessment of relative whiteness  
KS ISO 9073 -10, Textiles — Test methods for nonwovens — Part 10: Lint and other 
particles generation in t he dry state  
KS ISO 1833 -11, Textiles — Quantitative chemical analysis — Part 11: Mixtures of certain 
cellulose fibres with certain other fibres (method using sulfuric acid)  
KS ISO 139, Textiles — Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2023  
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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