G/TBT/N/KEN/1471  
18 July 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:  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 [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):  
PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS' PRODUCTS (HS 
code(s): 19); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  CD/F/02/:2022. 
Instant noodles – Specification; (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Kenya Standard specifies the requirements and test 
methods for instant noodles. The draft standard excludes pasta products covered by KS 
524 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
- Codex Standard CXS 193 -1995, General standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed.  
- Codex Standard CXS 249 -2006: Codex standard for instant noodles  
- KS 524 Pasta products – Specification  
- KS CXS 192 -1995: General Standard for Food  Additives  
- KS CXS 193 -1995: General standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed  G/TBT/N/KEN/1471  
 
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  - KS ISO 16050:2003 Foodstuffs – Determination of aflatoxin B1 and total content of 
aflatoxin B1, B2, G1, and G2 in Cereals, nuts, and derived products – high perfo rmance 
chromatographic method  
- KS ISO 24333:2009 –Cereals and Cereal products – Sampling  
- KS EAS 38 - Labelling of pre -packaged foods - General requirements.  
- KS ISO 7251:2005 Microbiology of food and animal feeding Stuffs -Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli -Most probable number 
technique  
- KS ISO 21527 -2:2008 Microbiology of 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.  
- KS 1095:2016 - Food seasoning mixtures - Specification  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 December 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  8 September 2023  
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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