G/TBT/N/KEN/1429  
30 May 2023  
(23-3648) Page: 1/3 
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 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
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 pro ducts (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  KS 2839 -1:2023 
Blended flour — Specification. Part 1: Maize and cassava blend;; (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard specif ies the requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for blended maize and cassava flour prepared from the grains of 
common maize (Zea mays L.) and cassava tubers (Manihot esculenta Crantz) or a mixture 
of flours thereof intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; 
Reducing trade barrier s and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
• KS EAS 44, Maize flour — Specification.  
• KS EAS 740, Cassava flour — Specification  
• AOAC 2001.06, Total fumonisins  in corn. Competitive direct enzyme -linked 
immunosorbent assay  
• AOAC 2013.06, Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury and Lead in foods  
• KS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  G/TBT/N/KEN/1429  
 
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  • KS CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food 
and feed  
• KS EAS 2, Maize grains — Specification  
• KS EAS 44, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification  
• KS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
• KS EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of 
practice  
• KS EAS 739, Dried cassava chips — Specification  
• KS EAS 740, Cassava flour — Specification  
• KS EAS 744, Cassava and cassava products — Determination of total cyanogens 
— Enzymatic assay method.  
• KS EAS 768, Fortified milled maize products — Specification  
• KS EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
• KS EAS 804, Claims on food — General requirements  
• KS EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health  claims — Requirements  
• KS ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — 
Reference method  
• KS ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
• KS ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determina tion crude fibre Content -
General method  
• KS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid  
• 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.  
• KS ISO 7305, Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
• KS 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  
• KS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — 
Part 2: Colony -count technique at 44 degrees C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl 
beta-D-glucuronide  
• KS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds — Part 2: Colony count 
technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0 ,95 
• KS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 September 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  29 July 2023  G/TBT/N/KEN/1429  
 
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  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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