G/SPS/N/KEN/220  
19 July 2023  
(23-4903) 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):  Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; Pastrycooks' products 
(HS code(s): 19); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
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:  CD/F/02/:2022, Instant noodles – Specification . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/KEN/23_11125_00_e.pdf  
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: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from ani mal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
− 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  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/KEN/220  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− 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  
− 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 
performance chromatographic method  
− KS ISO 24333:2009 –Cerea ls 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 p robable 
number technique  
− KS ISO 21527 -2:2008 Microbiology of and animal feeding stuffs –Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yeasts and mould's part 2: colony count technique in products 
with water activity less than or equal to 0.95.  
− KS 1095:2016 - Food seasoning mixtures - Specification  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 30 December 2023  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 30 December 2023  
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) : 17 September 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 (KEBS)  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Tel: +(254) 020 605490, 605506/69 48258  
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 (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