G/SPS/N/KEN/135  
25 August 2020  
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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):  Meat products  
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:  KS 2844:2020 Fresh coarsely ground meat products - 
Specification . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/KEN/20_5048_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Kenya Standard specifies the quality and safety 
requirements, sampling and test methods for fresh coarsely ground/minced meat 
products. These include, but not limited to, meat balls, patties such as meat burgers meat 
rolls, meat pies and ground kebab s that are intended for further processing before 
consumption.  
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 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:   G/SPS/N/KEN/135  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
The Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act, Cap 254 of the Laws of Kenya. 
International Commission on Microbiological Specificatio ns for Foods - Micro -organisms in 
Foods, Book 8.  (available in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2020.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : December 2020.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Upon declaration as mandatory by the relevant Cabinet Secretary  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 20 October 2020  
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 (KEBS)  
P.O. Box: 54974 -00200, Nairobi, Keny a 
Tel: +(254) 020 605 490  
+(254) 020 605 506  
+(254) 020 694 8258  
Fax: +(254) 020 609 660  
 +(254) 020 609 665  
E-mail: info@kebs.org  
Web site: 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: