G/SPS/N/KEN/259  
15 January 2024  
(24-0323) Page: 1/2 
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):  Cheese (ICS code(s): 67.100.30)  
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:  DARS 1079:2023, Cheeses in Brine — Specification . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/KEN/24_00489_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling 
and test methods for Cheeses in Brine, intended for direct consumption or further 
processing, in conformity with the description in Clause 3 of this Standard.  
Subject to the provisions of this Group Standard, African St andards for individual varieties 
of Cheeses in Brine may contain provisions which are more specific than those in this 
Standard.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pes t 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 related text) :  
[ ] World O rganization 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/259  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. CODEX STAN 192, General Standard for Food Ad ditives  
2. CXS 193, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed  
3. CXC 1, General Principles of Food Hygiene  
4. CXC 57, Code of Hygienic Practice for Milk and Milk Products  
5. CXG 21, Establishment and Application of Microbiological Criteria Related to Foods  
6. CXS 1, General Standard for the Labelling of Pre -packaged Foods  
7. CXS 234, Recommended Methods of Analysis and Sampling  
8. WD-ARS XXX, Glossary of Dairy Terms  
9. ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain. Horizontal method for the detection, 
enum eration, and serotyping of Salmonella Part 1: Detection of Salmonella  spp. 
10. ISO 11290 -1, Microbiology of the food chain. Horizontal method for the detection and 
enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. Part 1: Detection method  
11. ISO 6888 -1, Microbiology of the food chain -Horizontal method for the enumeration of 
coagulase -positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and other species): Part 1: 
Method using Baird -Parker agar medium  
12. ISO 16649, Microbiology of the food chain -Horizontal method fo r the enumeration of 
beta-glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli: Part 1: Colony -count technique at 
44 degrees C using membranes and 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl beta -D-glucuronide  
13. ISO 19020, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the 
immuno enzymatic detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins in foodstuffs  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 30 June 2024  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 30 June 2024  
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) : 15 March 2024  
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts: [  ] 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  
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, Keny a 
Tel: +(254) 020 605490  
 +(254) 020 605506/6948258  
Fax: +(254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org  
Website: http://www.kebs.org