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9 July 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  KENYA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. 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:   
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  
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):  Animal 
feeding stuffs (ICS 65.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DKS 2921: 2020 
Production and handling of insects for food and feed — Code of Practice. (14 page(s), in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Kenya code of practice provides the requirements for 
sustainab le establishment and operation of wild harvested or domesticated insect farming, 
production, harvesting and post harvesting handling i.e. Processing, storage, packaging, 
labelling and transport of insects for human consumption and feed industry  
7. Objecti ve and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
• IPIFF Guide on Good Hygiene Practices for European Union of insects as food and 
feed  
• CAC/RCP 1 -1969 General Principles of Food Hygiene  
• KS EAS 39:2000 Hygiene in the food and drink manufacturing industry — Code of 
practice  
• KS 2711: 2017 Dried insects' pr oducts for compounding animal feed – Specification  
• FAO 2013.Edible insects Future prospects for food and feed security. FAO, Rome  G/TBT/N/KEN/1003  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  September 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon declaration as mandatory by the relevant 
Cabinet Secretary  
10. Final date for comments:  25 August 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] 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  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/KEN/20_4118_00_e.pdf  
 