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Notifying
Member: KENYA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Kenya Bureau of
Standards
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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): Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers (HS code(s): 07);
Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 67.060)
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Regions
or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or
countries:
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Title of
the notified document: DARS 2160,
Fufu flour — Specification. Language(s):
English. Number of
pages: 11
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/KEN/24_07714_00_e.pdf
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Description
of content: This Draft African
Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for cassava,
plantain, cocoyam and yam fufu flours produced from fresh, matured and sound
edible cassava (Manihot esculenta
Crantz), plantain (Musa paradisiaca AAB),
cocoyam (Xanthosoma species)
and yam (Dioscorea species)
respectively. It is intended to be used for the preparation of fufu.
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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.
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Is there
a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[X] Codex
Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial
number of Codex standard or related text):
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CODEX STAN 1, General
Standard for the Labelling of Pre-packaged Foods
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CODEX STAN 192,
General Standard for Food Additives
-_ CODEX STAN 193, General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins in
Food and Feed
[ ] 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:
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are
available:
1._ ARS 53 2016, General principles of food hygiene – Code of practice
2._ ISO 776, Pulps - Determination of acid-insoluble ash
3._ ISO 2171, Cereals, pulses and by-products - Determination of ash
yield by incineration
4._ ISO 3588, Spices and condiments - Determination of degree of
fineness of grinding – Hand sieving method (Reference method)
5._ ISO 5498, Agricultural food products - Determination of crude
fibre content - General method
6._
ISO 16050,
Foodstuffs – Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products --
High-performance liquid chromatographic method
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): March 2025
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): March 2025
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
To be determined.
[X] Trade facilitating
measure
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Final
date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 21 January 2025
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)
020 605506/6948258
Fax: +(254)
020 609660/609665
E-mail: info@kebs.org
Website:
http://www.kebs.org
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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
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