G/SPS/N/KEN/151  
26 January 2022  
(22-0641) 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):  Vegetable juices and drinks  
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:  DKS 2956:2021 Vegetable juices and drinks - 
Specification . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  20 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/KEN/22_0974_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard specifies requirements and methods of 
sampling and test for vegetable juices and drinks intended for direct human consumption 
or for further processing.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protect ion, 
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• EAS 38, General standard for labeling of prepackaged foods  
• EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry   
• Codex stan 192, General standard for food additives  
• KS EAS 12, Potable water specification that has been quoted in the  standard  
• KS EAS 36, Honey Specifications in the normative reference  G/SPS/N/KEN/151  
 
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  • EAS 803, Nutrition labelling - Requirements  
• EAS 804, Claims on food - Requirements   
• EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health claims - Requirements  
• ISO 874, Fresh fruits and vegetables - Sampling  
• KS EAS, Code of hygienic practice for dried fruits  
• Codex Stan 193, General standard for contaminants and toxins in foods ISO 4833 - 
2, Methods for the microbiological examination of foods - Part 2: General Guidance 
for the Enumeration  of Micro -Organisms -Colony Count Technique at 30°C   
• ISO 21527 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: Colony count technique in products 
with water activity greater than 0,95 ISO 7251, Microbiology of food and animal 
feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for the detection and enumeration of presumptive 
Escherichia coli - Most probable number technique   
• ISO 763, Fruits and vegetable products - Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
• ISO 2448, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of ethanol content   
• ISO 2172, Fruit juice - Determination of solids content - Pyknometric method  
• ISO 2173, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of soluble solids - 
Refractometric method  
• ISO 5522, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of total sulphur 
dioxide content  
• ISO 5523, Liquid fruit and vegetable products - Determination of sulphur dioxide 
content - (Routine method)  
• ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
• ISO 17240, Fruit and vegetable products - Determination of tin content - Method 
using flame atomic absorption spectrometric  
• ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables and derived products - Determination of lead content - 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
• KS 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 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella - Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : March 2022  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : March 2022  
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) : 27 March 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax numbe r and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
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