. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/KEN/202 
5 February 2010  
 (10-0658) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  KENYA
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  KENYA BUREAU OF STANDARDS (KEBS) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Genetically modified 
organisms and  derived products (ICS: 07.80) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  KS 2225: 2009 
Genetically modified organisms and derived products – Labelling of food and Feed (7 pages, 
in English).         
6. Description of content:  This standard provides guidelines  for labelling of genetically 
modified organisms (GMOs) a nd derived products intended for use as food, feed or 
ingredients.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of consumer health. It provides guide lines for ensuring that labelling of food, feed 
and ingredient derived from genetically m odified organisms (GMO s) provides clear and 
factual, information to protect consumer’s he alth and ensure fair practices in trade.  
8. Relevant documents:    
- Biosafety Act No 2. 2009; 
- CAC/GL 1-1979, General Guidelines on Claims; 
- CAC/GL 2-1985, Guideline on Nutritional Labelling; 
- Codex Stan 1-1985, General Standard for Labelling of Pre-packaged Foods; 
- KS CAC/GL 23-1997, Guidelines for Us e of Nutrition a nd Health Claims; 
- KS CAC/GL 44-2003; Principl es for Risk Analysis of Foods Derived from Modern 
Biotechnology; G/TBT/N/KEN/202 
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  - KS CAC/GL 45-2003, Guidelines for the C onduct of Food Safety Assessments of Foods 
Derived from Recombinant-DNA plants; 
- KS CAC/GL 46-2003, Guideline for the Condu ct of Food Safety Assessment of Foods 
Produced Using Recombinant-DNA Microorganisms; 
- KS CAC/GL 68-2008, Guideline for the Condu ct of Food Safety Assessment of Foods 
Derived from recombinant-DNA Animals; 
- Standard 1.5.2, Food Produced Using Gene Technology Issue 112; Australia New Zealand 
Food Standards Authority; 
- KS-40 Parts 1-2:1990, Labelling of Pre-packaged Foods; - Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European  parliament and the Council on Genetically 
Modified Food and Feed; 
- KS 2182:2009, Code of Practice for handling;  transfer and use of Genetically Modified 
Organisms and Derived Products.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    3 March 2010   
 Upon declaration as Mandatory by the Minister for Industrialization in the official Kenya Gazette 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the notification date 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) 
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: kebs_tbt@kebs.org 
And can also be downloaded here: 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2010/tbt/ken/10_0456_00_e.pdf