KENYA STANDARD                                                                               KS 838:2013  
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 Meat and bone meal for compounding                               
animal feeds-Specification  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPRESENTATION  
 
The following organizations were represented on the Technical Committee:  
 Ministry of Livestock Development — Department of Livestock Production 
      Department of Veterinary Services  
Kenya Meat Commission  
Joeliz Bone  meal  Ltd 
Unga Farm Care (EA) Ltd.  
Government chemist  
Consumer Information Network  
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI)  
Proctor and Allan EA Ltd. AKEFEMA -Association of Kenya Feed Manufacturers  
Pembe flour Mills ltd  
University Of Nairobi   
Kenya Bureau of Standards ― Secretariat  
      
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P R E F A C E  
 
 
This Kenya Standard was  developed by the Animal Feeds Technical Committee with the guidance 
of the S tandards  Project  Committee.  
 Meat and bone meal is derived from mammalian tissue with the exclusion of hair, hoof, horn, manure and pouch contents.  It is incorporated in feedstuf fs as a protein and mineral supplement.  
It is prone to contamination with pathogenic organisms, if not properly processed.  
 Publication of this standard will assist processors and feed manufacturers to exercise proper quality control during production. 
 
In the preparation of this standard, reference was made to the following documents:  
  Fertilizers and animal feedstuffs Act Cap. 345 of the Laws of Kenya.  
  Processing and utilization of animal by -products  by I. Mann (FAO/UN).  
 Acknowledgement is made for the assistance derived from these sources.  
 
              
 
            
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KENYA STANDARD  
 
Meat and bone meal for compounding animal feeds -Specifica tion  
 
 
 
1.          SCOPE  
 
This Kenya Standard prescribes minimum requirements for meat and bone meal used i n 
compounding animal feeds  for non- ruminants . 
 
2.           DEFINITION  
 
Meat and bone meal shall be the rendered product from mammal tissues  and bones  with the 
exclusion of blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents, except  in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices. 
 
3. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS  
 3.1 Meat and bone meal shall be free from rancidity, any objectionable odour, toxic ingredients, adulterants, foreign matter, insects and pathogenic micro- organisms.  
 3.2 It shall be in the form of a powder, whose particle size is such that at least 90 per cent by mass passes through a 1 700- micron (1.7 mm) sieve. 
 3.3 It shall conform to the requirements in Table 1.  
 
             TABLE 1. COMPOSITION REQUIREME NTS FOR MEAT AND BONE MEAL  
  
PARAMETER  
REQUIREMENT 
(PER CENT BY MASS)  TEST METHOD (F  
Moisture content (max.)  10 KS 01 -63: PART 1*  
Crude protein (min.)  40 ,, 
Crude fat (max.)  15 ,, 
Calcium (min.)  8 ,, 
Crude fibre (max.)  3 ,, 
Phosphorus (min.)  3 ,, 
Total ash (m ax.) 35 ,, 
Acid insoluble ash  1 ,, 
 
     *Methods of test for animal feedstuffs.  
 NOTES:  1. The values specified for requirements for calcium and phosphorus are on a moisture free basis.  
 
2. The calcium level shall be not more than 2.2 times the phosphorus level.  
    
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 4. Microbiological requirements  
 
4.1       Meat and bone meal shall be free from salmonellae , spores of bacillus anthracis  and      
clostridia when tested according to the method prescribed in KS 01- 63: Part 3
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4.2.      Meat and bone meal shall be adequately treated with an antioxidant  
   
5.  PACKAGING AND LABELLING  
  5.1  Packaging  
  
5.1.1  Compounded meat and bone meal for sale shall be packed in containers which are of sufficient strength and sufficiently sealed so as to withstand reasonable handling without tearing, bursting or falling open during normal handling and transportation.  
  5.1.2  Each container for Compounded meat and bone meal shall be clean and free from visible indications of contamination, infection and ins ect infestation.  
  5.2 Labelling    — the packages shall be securely closed and marked with the following 
information:  
 
(i) Name of product;  ‘Meat and Bone Meal’;  
 
(ii) Category of animals for which it is intended; 
 
(iii) Net Weight of the product;  
 
(iv)        Batch number;  
 
(v) Name and physical address of the manufacturer;  
 
(vi) Date of manufacture and expiry  
 
            (vii)     Crude protein, calcium, phosphorus and fat contents;  
  (Viii).     Instructions for use and storage  
 
 
                                                 
* Bacteriological test s.