G/SPS/N/BDI/71, G/SPS/N/KEN/229  
G/SPS/N/RWA/64, G/SPS/N/TZA/301  
G/SPS/N/UGA/277  
15 September 2023  
(23-6155) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA  
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):  Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined (excl. chemically 
modified) (HS code(s): 1511); Animal and vegetable fats and oils 
(ICS code(s):  67.200.10)  
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:  DEAS 887:2023 Crude and semi refined palm oil — 
Specification . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  10 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/KEN/23_12396_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This East African standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for crude and semi refined (neutralized and/or bleached) palm oil 
derived from the fleshy mesocarp of the fruit of oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis ) intended for 
further processing.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] 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 relate d 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:   G/SPS/N/BDI/71 • G/SPS/N/KEN/229 • G/SPS/N/RWA/64 • G/SPS/N/TZA/301 • 
G/SPS/N/UGA/277  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. AOAC 952.13, Arsenic in food. Silver diethyldithiocarbamate  
2. CXC 36, Code of Practice for the Storage and Transport of Edible Fats and Oils in Bulk  
3. CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for Food Additives  
4. EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
5. EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
6. ISO 660, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of acid value and acidity  
7. ISO 661, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Preparation of test sample  
8. ISO 662, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of moisture and volatile 
matter content  
9. ISO 3657, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of saponification value  
10. ISO 3961, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of iodine value usi ng 
diethyl ether extraction  
11. ISO 5555, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Sampling  
12. ISO 6320, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of refractive index  
13. ISO 6321, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of melting point i n 
open capillary tubes (slip point)  
14. ISO 6883, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of conventional mass 
per volume (litre weight in air)  
15. ISO 12193, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of lead by direct 
graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy  
16. ISO 15305, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of Lovibond colour  
17. ISO 21033 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Determination of trace elements by 
inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrosco py (ICP -OES) 
18. ISO 27608 Animal and vegetable fats and oils —Determination of Lovibond colour — 
Automatic method   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined and notified.  
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) : 14 November 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
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  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other bod y:  
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
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