G/TBT/N/KEN/1335  
1 December 2022  
(22-8941) 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  
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.keb s.org 
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 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):  Prepared 
foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn 
flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other 
worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre -cooked, or otherwise prepared, not 
elsewhere  specified or included. (HS code(s): 1904); Cereals, pulses and derived products 
(ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DKS 523 -
1:2022 Breakfast cereals — Specification Part 1: Rolled/flaked oats (quick -cooking type); 
(16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This part of Draft Kenya Standard specifies the requirements 
and methods of test for rolled/flaked oats (quick -cooking type)  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent prob lems 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  G/TBT/N/KEN/1335  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
KS EAS 38 Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
KS EAS 39 Code of practice for hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry  
KS EAS 803 Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
KS EAS 804 Claims — General requirements  
KS EAS 805 Use of nutrition and he alth claims — Requirements  
KS CXS 192 General Standard for Food Additives  
KS CXS 201 Standard for Oats  
KS ISO 712 Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method)  
KS ISO 6633 Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — 
Flameless atomic absorption spectrometric method  
KS ISO 6579 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection of Salmonella spp.  
KS ISO 7251 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs  — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli — Most probable number 
technique  
KS ISO 11085 Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs -- Determination 
of crude fat and total fat content by the Randal l extraction method  
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 20483 Cereals and pulses — Determination of the nitrogen content and calculation 
of the crude protein content — Kjeldahl method  
KS ISO 21527 -2 Microbiology of food and animal feedstuffs — 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 23637 Determination of cadmium content by graphite furnace atomic absorption 
spectrometry with diluted nitric acid extraction  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  29 January 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)  
KEBS Centre  
Contact Person: Managing Director  
Popo Road, off Mombasa Road, Behind Bellevue Cinema  
P.O. Box 54974  
Tel: +(254) 722 202137; +(254) 724 255242  
Fax: +(254) 20 609660; +(254) 20 604031  
Email: info@kebs.org  
Website: https://www.kebs.org  
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