G/SPS/N/KEN/262  
15 January 2024 
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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):  Milk and milk products (ICS code(s): 67.100)  
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:  DARS 1096:2023, Milk Powders and Cream Powder — 
Specification . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/KEN/24_00492_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test 
methods for milk powders and cream powder, intended for direct consumption or further 
processing.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from anima l/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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper and  Iron in foods. Atomic absorption 
spectrophotometry after microwave digestion  
2. ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  G/SPS/N/KEN/262  
 
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  3. ARS 56, Pre -packaged foods — Labelling  
4. CXS 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
5. CXS 193, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed  
6. CXS 234, Recommended methods of analysis and sampling  
7. ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enum eration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
8. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp. 
9. ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feedin g stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  — Most probable number 
technique  
10. ISO 14501, Milk and milk powder — Determination of aflatoxin M1 content — Clean -up 
by immunoaffinity chromatography and determin ation by high -performance liquid 
chromatography  
11. ISO 19020, Microbiology of the Food Chain — Horizontal Method for the 
Immunoenzymatic Detection of Staphylococcal Enterotoxins in F oodstuffs  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 30 June 2024  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 30 June 2024  
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) : 15 March 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Not ification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Tel: +(254) 020 605490  
 +(254) 020  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  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Tel: +(254 ) 020 605490  
 +(254) 020 605506/6948258  
Fax: +(254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org  
Website: http://www.kebs.org