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KENYA – The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), a government organization responsible for certifying locally produced and imported commodities, has alerted Kenyans to a rice brand that is unhealthy due to high aflatoxin levels. The national certification and standardization office issued a warning in a statement shared on its social media channels about the significant aflatoxin contamination of the Polla…
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KENYA – The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has urged hotels to raise their production standards for food and beverages as well as hygiene in order to provide customers and visitors with meals that are fit for consumption. According to the Bureau, this is crucial to the hospitality industry’s sustainable growth as well as the safety of consumers. The Director…
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KENYA – The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has now fully implemented its earlier announced CB Automated System, automating its management system certification process. This is anticipated to improve the efficiency, efficacy, and productivity of the certification process when combined with remote audits (which are accessible to you on demand) and, eventually, improve service delivery for certified clients. The system…
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KENYA – The Court of Appeal has reinstated members of the Kenya Bureau of Standards’ (KEBS) National Standards Council (NSC) who were fired after their appointment was annulled in July due to allegations that they were not chosen in a competitive process. The three-judge panel of the Appeal Court determined that Kenyans would be at risk of receiving substandard goods…
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KENYA – Following the suspension of several brands of edible oil in the Kenyan market, sector players are now calling for joint testing of the claimed non-compliant batches. The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) last week suspended the sale of 10 brands after subjecting the oil and fats to tests at their laboratory against the requirements of the Standards Act,…
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KENYA – The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has suspended the sale of ten brands of edible oil and fats in the market for failing to fulfil the acceptable standards and ordered for their immediate recall. In a letter addressed to the Retail Traders Association of Kenya (RETRAK), the standards body highlighted it recently sampled and analyzed brands of edible…
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KENYA – Kenya and Zambia are at the brink of signing a memorandum of understanding to end the long simmering trade dispute that saw Zambia ban the export of Kenyan milk more than a decade ago. Although Kenya has enough standards for a variety of industries, according to KEBS Director General Bernard Njiraini, harmonizing the standards to include other nations…
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KENYA – The Kenya Bureau of Standards Certification Body (KEBS CB) is in the process of rolling out an automated system to manage the certification process. The system which is expected to enhance efficiency of the certification process from application to certification, will encompass key features like e-application, e-quotations, e-planning of audits, e-certificates and collaboration platform. The Bureau has requested…
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KENYA – Esther Ngari has been appointed to steer the country’s standards watchdog, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) as its Managing Director, following a heated court battle that saw the previous head ousted. Ms. Betty Maina, Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization, Trade & Enterprise Development appointed Ms. Ngari, who has been the institution’s Director of Standards and Trade, to assume…
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KENYA – The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has implored local manufacturers and importers to conform to the 205 new standards which have been developed targeting various products, to boost their competitiveness. This was during the inaugural Emerging Standards Workshop to assess their implementation. KEBS developed and published the new standards categorized into seven categories in the third quarter of…
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