G/SPS/N/KEN/283  
21 May 2024  
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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):  Cereals (HS code(s): 10); Cereals, pulses and derived products 
(ICS code(s): 67.060)  
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 3010:2024, Nixtamalized maize products — 
Specification . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/KEN/24_03322_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Kenya Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for nixtamalized maize products prepared from the grains of common 
maize ( Zea mays L.) intended for human consumption.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protecti on, 
[ ] 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 C odex 
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:   G/SPS/N/KEN/283  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. KS EAS 768:2019, Fortified milled maize (corn) products — Specification  
2. Technical Specifications for the manufacture of: Fortified Nixtamalized Maize Flour – 
Honduras and RBP, version 1, OSCQ, 2018  
3. KS EAS 44 -2019, Milled maize (corn)products — Specification  
4. AOAC 965.22, Sorting Corn Grits Sieving Method Modified  
5. AOAC  2011.14, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium, 
Phosphorus, Sodium and Zinc in fortified food products. Microwave Digestion and 
Inductively Coupled Plasma -Optical Emission Spectrometry  
6. CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food addit ives 
7. KS EAS 2, Maize grains — Specification  
8. KS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification.  
9. KS EAS 39, Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
10. KS EAS 44, Milled maize (corn)products — Specification  
11. KS EAS 768, Fortified Milled Maize (corn) Products - Specification  
12. KS EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
13. KS EAS 804, Claims on food — General requirements  
14. KS EAS 805, Use of Nutrition and Health Claims — Requirements  
15. KS EAS 900, Cereals and Pulses – Sampling  
16. KS EAS 901, Cereals and Pulses – Test Methods  
17. KS ISO 11085, Cereals, cereals -based products, and animal feeding stuffs — 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction method  
18. KS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feedin g 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  
19. KS ISO 21527 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding s tuffs — 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  
20. KS ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
21. KS ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determination Crude Fibre Content - 
General Method  
22. KS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of Ash Insoluble in Hydrochloric 
Acid 
23. KS ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables, and derived products — Determination of cadmiu m 
content — Part 1 — Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
24. KS ISO 6561 -2, Fruits, vegetables, and derived products - Determination of cadmium 
content - Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
25. KS ISO 6579 -1, Microbio logy of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp. 
26. KS ISO 6633, Fruits, vegetables, and derived products — Determination of lead 
content — Flameless atomic absorptio n spectrometric method  
27. KS ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and 
other species) — Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium  
28. KS ISO 7305, Milled Cereal Products - Determination of Fat Acidity  
(available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
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   G/SPS/N/KEN/283  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 20 July 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
avail able) of other body:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Tel: +(254) 020 605490  
 +(254) 020 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 body:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards  
WTO/TBT National Enquiry  
Point P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Tel: +(254) 020 605490  
 +(254) 020 605506/6948258  
Fax: +(254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org  
Website: http://www.kebs.org