G/TBT/N/KEN/1209  
14 January 2022  
(22-0323) 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 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived products (ICS 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DKS 1311:2021 
Canned beans — Specification (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard prescribes the requir ements and methods 
of test for canned beans  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
KS 229, Edible salt — Specification  
KS 2455, General standard — Food safety  
KS CAC/RCP 1, recommended international code of practice general principles of food 
hygiene  
KS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
KS CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for the contaminants and toxins in foods  
KS EAS 12, Potable water — Specification  
KS EAS 38, Labelling of prepackaged foods — Specification  
KS EAS 46, Dry beans — Specification  G/TBT/N/KEN/1209  
 
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  ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
microorganisms — Part 1: Colony count at 30 degrees C by the pour plate technique  
KS ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Esch erichia coli - Most probable number 
technique  
AOAC 999.10, Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper and iron in foods  
CAC/RCP 23, Code of hygienic practice for low and acidified low -acid canned 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 7954, Microbiology General Guidance for enumeration of yeasts and moulds Colony 
count technique at 25 ºC  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Prop osed 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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