G/SPS/N/KEN/230  
19 September 2023  
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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):  Cashew nuts: (HS code(s): 08013); Animal and vegetable fats and 
oils (ICS code(s): 67.200.10)  
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:  DEAS 1170:2023 Cashew Flour – Specification . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  10 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/KEN/23_12445_00_e.pdf  
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: [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 Alime ntarius 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/230  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
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  
7. ISO 665, Oilseeds — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
8. IS0 729 Oilse eds — 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 coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar m edium  
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 fe eding 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 feedin g 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   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
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) : 18 November 2023  
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  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
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  
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  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
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