G/SPS/N/KEN/50  
 
18 June 2018  
(18-3761) 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: Ministry of Health  
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): Meat products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant o r practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners  
[X] Specific regions or countries: South Africa  
5. Title of the notified document: Ban on Import and Sale of Ready to Eat Meat Products 
from South Africa . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 1 
6. Description of content: A ban has been imposed due to the outbreak of Listeriosis in 
South Africa associated with products from Enterprise Food Production Factory and 
Rainbow Chicken Limited. The products from Enterprise include Bokkie, Renown, Lifestyle 
and Mieliekip while those from Rainbow products are Polony, Russian and Viennas. This is 
mainly for protection of human health and safety.  
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 Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related tex t):  
[ ] 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:  G/SPS/N/KEN/50  
 
- 2 - 
 
  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are av ailable:  
 ISO 11290 Part 1:  Microbiology of the food chain -- Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria  monocytogenes and of Listeria  -- Part 1: Detection method . 
 ISO 11290 Part 2:  Microbiology of the food chain -- Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria  monocytogenes and of Listeria  -- Part 2: Enumeration 
method . (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Not Applicabl e 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Not Applicable  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 6 March 2018 Upon declaration as mandatory by the Cabinet Secretary, 
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Co -operatives.  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not Applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministry of Health  
Afya House  
Cathedral Road  
P.O. Box 30016  
Nairobi  
Tel: +(254) 020 2715677  
E-mail: directorphke@gmail.com  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Health  
Afya House  
Cathedral Road  
P.O. Box 30016  
Nairobi  
Tel: +(254) 020 2715677  
E-mail: directorphke@gmail.com