G/SPS/N/KEN/93  
 
25 February 2019  
(19-1053) 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  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or pract icable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: DKS 28 -1:2019 Cheese - Specification Part 1: General 
requirements . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 16 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/KEN/19_1039_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Kenya Standard specifies the general requirements, 
sampling  and test methods for cheeses intended for direct consumption and/or for further 
processing. It applies to all products in compliance with the definition of cheese including 
those varieties of cheese for which individual or group standards have been develo ped. 
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, id entify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : General standard for cheese, CXS 283 -1978 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] 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:   G/SPS/N/KEN/93  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : June 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : June 2019  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 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) : 30 March 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if ava ilable) of other body:  
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Kenya  
Tel: +(254) 020 605490, 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, 605506/6948258  
Fax: +(254) 020 609660/609665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org  
Website: http://www.kebs.org