G/SPS/N/KEN/256  
15 January 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):  Milk and processed milk products (ICS code(s): 67.100.10)  
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 1072:2023, Blend of Skimmed Milk and Vegetable 
Fat in Powdered form — Specification . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/KEN/24_00486_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test 
methods for a blend of skimmed milk and vegetable fat in powder form or 
reduced/medium fat blend variety, intended for direct consumption or for further 
processing.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] 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 A limentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
• AOAC 999.10 - Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Copper and Iron in foods. Atomic absorption 
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  • ARS 53 – General Principles of Food Hygiene – Code of practice  
• ARS 56 - Pre-packaged Foods – Labelling  
• WD-ARS XXX - Glossary of Dairy Terms  
• CXG 9 – General Principles for the Addition of Essential Nutrients for Food  
• CXS 192 - General Standard for Food Additives  
• CXS 193 - General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in Food and  Feed 
• CXS 234 - Recommended methods of analysis and sampling  
• ISO 4832 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
• ISO 6579 -1 - Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal me thod for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detection of Salmonella spp. 
• ISO 7251 - Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for the 
detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli  — Most p robable number 
technique  
• ISO 14501:2021 | IDF 171:2021 -Milk and milk powder -Determination of aflatoxin M1 
content  
• Clean -up by immunoaffinity chromatography and determination by high -performance 
liquid chromatography  
• ISO 19020 - Microbiology of the food cha in — Horizontal method for the 
immunoenzymatic 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 comments: [  ] 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) 02 0 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