G/TBT/N/KEN/1488  
22 August 2023  
(23-5640) 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):  Food 
products in general (ICS code(s): 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DARS 470:2023 
Wheat flour – Specification.; (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft African Standard specifies the requirements, test 
methods and sampling for wheat flour prepared from common wheat (Triticum aestivum 
L.) or club wheat (Triticum compactum Host), or their mixtures intended for human 
consumption.  
7. Objective and r ationale, 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 facilita ting trade; Cost saving and productivity enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
ARS 53, General principles of food hygiene — Code of practice  
ARS 56, Prepackaged foods — Labelling  
ARS 465, Wheat — Specification  
CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
CODEX STAN 150, Standard for food grade salt ISO 1871, Food and feed products — 
General guidelines for the determination of nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method  G/TBT/N/KEN/1488  
 
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  ISO 2171, Determination of ash content  
ISO 2591 -1, Test sieving — Part 1: Methods using te st sieves of woven wire cloth and 
perforated metal plate  
ISO 4833, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms — Colony -count technique at 30 degrees C  
ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination crude fibre content — General 
method  
ISO 6540, Maize — Determination of moisture content (on milled grains and on whole 
grains)  
ISO 6579, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
ISO 6888 (all parts), Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species)  
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  
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.  
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  
ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  December 2023  
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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