G/TBT/N/KEN/1484  
22 August 2023  
(23-5636) 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):  Food 
products in general (ICS code(s): 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 872:2023 
Dry Soy Beans – Specification.; (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for dry whole soybeans of varieties (cultivars) grown from 
Glycine max (L.) intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent proble ms where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating 
trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
AOAC Official Method 999.10:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
AOAC Official Method 999.11:1999, Determination of lead, cadmium, copper, iron and 
zinc in foods — Atomic absorption spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and corn 
flakes — Liquid ch romatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup  G/TBT/N/KEN/1484  
 
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  ISO 520, Cereals and pulses — Determination of the mass of 1000 grains  
ISO 605, Pulses — Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and species 
and variety — Test methods  
ISO 659, Oilseeds — Determination of oil content (Reference method)  
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 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 medium.  
ISO 6888 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other 
species) — Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar medium.  
ISO 16050, Foodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of  aflatoxin 
B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products — High performance liquid 
chromatographic method  
ISO/TS 16634 -2, Food products — Determination of the total nitrogen content by 
combustion according to the Dumas principle and calculation of the crude protein content 
— Part 2: Cereals, pulses and milled cereal products.  
ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of beta glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Col ony-count 
technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro 3 -indolyl beta -D-glucuronide.  
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 w ith 
water activity less than or equal to 0.95 AFRICAN STANDARD DARS 872:2023 2 © ARSO 
2023 — All rights reserved.  
ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
ISO 24557, Pulses — Determination of moisture content — Air-oven method of moisture 
content — Air-oven method  
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) 0 20 
609660/609665 E -mail: info@kebs.org ; Website: http://www.kebs.org  
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