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Notifying Member: KENYA

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

Kenya Bureau of Standards

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:

Kenya Bureau of Standards

P.O. Box: 54974-00200, Nairobi, Kenya Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258 Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665 E-mail: info@kebs.org; Website: http://www.kebs.org

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER (HS code(s): 12); Oilseeds (ICS code(s): 67.200.20)

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DKS 3018:2024 Canola (Rapeseed) seeds for oil extraction — Specification; (16 page(s), in English)

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Description of content:

This draft Kenya Standard specifies requirements, sampling and testing methods for canola seeds of the species Brassica napus L., Brassica rapa L., Brassica juncea L. and Brassica tournefortii Gouan intended for oil extraction for human consumption.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade

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Relevant documents:

1._    CXC 1 General principles of food hygiene.

2._    KS EAS 901, Cereals and pulses - Test methods.

3._    KS ISO 665 Oilseeds — Determination of moisture and volatile matter content.

4._    KS ISO 658 Oilseeds — Determination of content of impurities.

5._    KS ISO 664, Oilseeds - Reduction of laboratory sample to test sample

6._    ISO 659 Oilseeds — Determination of oil content (Reference method).

7._    KS ISO 10519, Rapeseed — Determination of chlorophyll content — Spectrometric method.

8._    KS 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.

9._    KS ISO 21294 Oilseeds — Manual or automatic discontinuous sampling.

10._  ISO/TS 12788, Rapeseed- Determination of glucosinolate content- Spectrometric method for total glucosinolates by glucose release.

11._  ISO 12966-1, Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Gas chromatography of fatty acid methyl esters — Part 1: Guidelines on modern gas chromatography of fatty acid methyl esters.

12._  ISO 12966-2:2017 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Gas chromatography of fatty acid methyl esters Part 2: Preparation of methyl esters of fatty acids.

13._  ISO 12966-3:2016 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Gas chromatography of fatty acid methyl esters Part 3: Preparation of methyl esters using trimethylsulfonium hydroxide (TMSH).

14._  ISO 12966-4:2015 Animal and vegetable fats and oils — Gas chromatography of fatty acid methyl esters Part 4: Determination by capillary gas chromatography.

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Proposed date of adoption: 30 June 2025

Proposed date of entry into force: 30 June 2025

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

Kenya Bureau of Standards

WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point P.O. Box: 54974-00200, Nairobi, Kenya Telephone: + (254) 020 605490, 605506/6948258 Fax: + (254) 020 609660/609665 E-mail: info@kebs.org; Website: http://www.kebs.org