G/SPS/N/KEN/156  
 
15 June 2022  
(22-4655) 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):  Oilseeds (ICS code(s): 67.200.20)  
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 889:2022 Groundnut kernels for oil extraction — 
Specification . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  10 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/KEN/22_4105_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for groundnut kernels of the plant Arachis hypogea  intended 
for oil extraction.  
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 Alimentarius 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/156  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
− EAS 38, Labelling of  pre-packaged foods — Specification  
− EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene for food and drink manufacturing industries  
− ISO 542, Oilseeds — Sampling  
− ISO 659, Oilseeds -- Determination of oil content (Reference method)  
− ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and acidity  
− ISO 665, Oilseeds — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content  
− ISO 729, Oilseeds — Determination of acidity of oils  
− CXS 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in foods  
− 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 the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of coagulase -positive St aphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other species) — 
Part 1: Method using Baird -Parker agar medium  
− 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  
− ISO 16654, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Escherichia coli  
− ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeratio n yeasts and moulds — Part 1: Colony -count technique in products with 
water activity greater than 0.95  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
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) : 14 August 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  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  
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