G/TBT/N/KEN/1564  
15 January 2024  
(24-0316) 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 [  ], 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):  Cheese 
(ICS code(s): 67.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 
1079:2023 Cheeses in Brine — Specifi cation; (13 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft African Standard specifies the requirements, 
sampling and test methods for Cheeses in Brine, intended for direct consumption or 
further processing, in conformity with the description i n Clause 3 of this Standard.  
Subject to the provisions of this Group Standard, African Standards for individual varieties 
of Cheeses in Brine may contain provisions which are more specific than those in this 
Standard.  
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 barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CODEX STAN 192 -General Standard for Food Additives  
2. CXS 193 -General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed  
3. CXC 1 -General Principles of Food Hygiene  
4. CXC 57 -Code of Hygienic Practice for Milk and Milk Products  G/TBT/N/KEN/1564  
 
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  5. CXG 21 -Establishment and Application of Microbiological Criteria Related to Foods  
6. CXS 1 -General Standard for the Labelling of Pre -packaged Foods  
7. CXS 234 - Recommended Methods of Analysis and Sampling  
8. WD-ARS XXX - Glossary of Dairy Terms  
9. 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. ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain. Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. Part 1: Detection 
method  
11. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of the food chain -Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species): Part 1: Method using Bai rd-Parker agar medium.  
12. ISO 16649, Microbiology of the food chain -Horizontal method for the enumeration 
of beta -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli: Part 1: Colony -count technique at 
44 degrees C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-
glucuronide.  
13. ISO 19020, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
immunoenzymatic detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins in foodstuffs  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 June 2024  
Proposed 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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