G/TBT/N/KEN/1514  
28 November 2023  
(23-8036) Page: 1/3 
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):  Cocoa 
beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted. (HS code(s): 1801); Cocoa (ICS code(s): 
67.140.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of  the notified document:  KS1792:2023 
Malt-based cocoa products — Specification; (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard specifies the requirements and test 
methods for malt -based cocoa products. It covers products presented as powdered and 
granulated meant 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; Protection of human he alth or safety; Quality requirements; 
Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Codex Standards for cocoa products and chocolate.  
• Codex Stan 192 - Codex Standard for Food Additives – 1995.  
• Codex Stan 193 - Codex Standard for contaminants and toxins in food and feed.  
• IS 1164: 1986 reaffirmed 2007 (Revision 3 First Reprint July 2009 including 
amendment 1 and 2).  
• Indian Standard - Specification for cocoa powder.  G/TBT/N/KEN/1514  
 
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  • MS 871: 2001 -Specification for Malaysian cocoa powder.  
• Cocoa and Ch ocolate Technology1974 by B.W.Minifie, Oxford University Press  
• KS 38, Plantation (mill) white sugar — Specification  
• KS EAS 35, Fortified Edible salt — Specification.  
• KS EAS 36, Honey — Specification  
• KS 345, Glucose syrup — Specification  
• KS EAS 1031, Cocoa powder and cocoa powder mixture — Specification  
• KS 660, Guide to the safe use of food additives  
• KS 1701, Refined white sugar — Specification.  
• KS 1812 -2, Cocoa and cocoa products — Test methods Part 2: Determination of 
moisture  
• KS 1812 -3, Cocoa and co coa products — Test methods Part 3: Determination of 
water -insoluble, water soluble and acid -insoluble ash  
• KS 1812 -4, Cocoa and cocoa products — Test methods Part 4: Determination of 
pH. 
• KS 1812 -5, Cocoa and cocoa products — Test methods Part 5: Determinat ion of 
cocoa powder fineness - Water sieving method  
• KS CODEX STAN 54, Codex standard for powdered dextrose (icing dextrose)  
• KS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification.  
• KS EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code o f 
practice  
• KS ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella  spp. 
• Codex Stan 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
• KS ISO 4831, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs Horizontal  method 
for the detection and enumeration of coliforms  
• KS ISO 7251 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  
• KS ISO 6579 -1 Microbiology of the food chain Horizontal me thod for the detection, 
enumeration, and serotyping of Salmonella Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
• KS ISO 6888 -3 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus au reus 
and other species) Part 3: Detection and MPN technique for low numbers  
• KS 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 activ ity less than or equal to 0,95  
• ISO 16050 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  
• ISO 15141 Cereals and cereal products Determ ination of ochratoxin A - High 
performance liquid chromatographic method with immunoaffinity column cleanup 
and fluorescence detection  
• ISO 2292 Cocoa beans -Sampling  
• CAC/GL 50 General guidelines on sampling  G/TBT/N/KEN/1514  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 March 2024  
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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