G/TBT/N/KEN/1430  
30 May 2023  
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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):  Cereals, 
pulses and derived pro ducts (ICS code(s): 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  KS 2839 -2:2023 
Blended flour — Specification. Part 2: Maize and sorghum blend; (11 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard specifi es the requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for blended maize and sorghum flour prepared from the grains of 
common maize (Zea mays L.) and sorghum grains (Sorghum bicolour (L) Moench.) or a 
mixture of their flour thereof intended for human consumptio n. 
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  
8. Relevant documents:   
KS EAS 44, Maize flour — Specification.  
KS EAS 2, Maize grain — Specification.  
KS EAS 95, Sorghum flour — Specification.  
KS EAS 757, Sorghum grains — Specification.  
AOAC 2001.06, Total fumonisins in corn. Competitive direct enzyme -linked 
immunosorbent assay  
AOAC 2013.06, Arsenic, Cadmium, Mercury and Lead in foods  G/TBT/N/KEN/1430  
 
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  KS CODEX STAN 192, General standard for food additives  
KS CODEX STAN 193, Codex general standard for contaminants and toxins in food and 
feed 
KS EAS 2, Maize grains — Specific ation 
KS EAS 44, Milled maize (corn) products — Specification  
KS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — Specification  
KS EAS 39, Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of practice  
KS EAS 95, Sorghum flour — Specification  
KS EAS 757, Sorghum grains — Specification  
KS EAS 768, Fortified milled maize products — Specification  
KS EAS 803, Nutrition labelling — Requirements  
KS EAS 804, Claims on food — General requirements  
KS EAS 805, Use of nutrition and health cl aims — Requirements  
KS ISO 712, Cereals and cereal products — Determination of moisture content — 
Reference method  
KS ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by -products — Determination of ash yield by 
incineration  
KS ISO 5498, Agricultural food products — Determina tion crude fibre Content -General 
method  
KS ISO 5985, Animal feeding stuffs — Determination of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid  
KS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp.  
KS ISO 7305, Milled cereal products — Determination of fat acidity  
KS ISO 9648, Sorghum — Determination of tannin content  
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 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  
KS 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  
KS ISO 24333, Cereals and cereal products — Sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 September 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  29 July 2023 G/TBT/N/KEN/1430  
 
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  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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