G/SPS/N/KEN/150  
26 January 2022  
(22-0638) Page: 1/2 
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):  Canned beans  
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:  DKS1311:2021 Canned Beans - Specification . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  16 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/KEN/22_0973_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard prescribes the requirements and methods 
of test for canned beans.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant 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:   G/SPS/N/KEN/150  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• KS 229, Edible salt - Specification  
• KS 2455, General standard - Food safety  
• KS CAC/RCP 1, Recommended international code of practice general principles of 
food hygiene  
• KS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
• KS CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for the contaminants and toxins in 
foods  
• KS EAS 12, Potable water - Specification  
• KS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods - Specification  
• KS EAS 46, Dry beans - Specification  
• 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 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most 
probable number technique  
• AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper and iron in  foods  
• CAC/RCP 23, Code of hygienic practice for low and acidified low -acid canned foods  
• 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 7 954, Microbiology General Guidance for enumeration of yeasts and moulds 
Colony count technique at 25ºC  (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:   
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