Coffee (General) Regulations, 2016 (L.N. No. 120 of 2016).

These Regulations concern various matters relating to production and processing of and trading in coffee. It defines functions of the Agriculture and Food Authority established under Section 3 of the Agriculture and Food Authority Act, 2013. The Authority shall in the performance of its functions under these Regulations act through the Coffee Directorate, which shall carry out such activities and do such other things as are necessary to promote, develop and regulate the coffee industry for the benefit of coffee growers and the coffee industry. The Authority shall develop a Coffee Industry Code of Practice for all holders of licences under these Regulations. Every coffee grower shall register with the County Governments and the Authority for purpose of data collection. County governments shall issue certificates and licences to carry out various specified activities in the coffee industry, including operation of a coffee nursery. The Cabinet Secretary shall develop a coffee industry policy which shall articulate coffee production, processing and marketing practices towards adoption of modern coffee production and processing technology. The Authority shall promote coffee certification schemes for Kenyan coffee. No person, other than the Kenya Agricultural Livestock and Research Organization or its authorized agents operating laboratories or tissue culture units under their supervision, shall issue certified coffee seeds or seedlings for multiplication in any coffee nursery for distribution to any other grower or for export. No person shall export coffee or cause any coffee to be exported unless a phytosanitary certificate of inspection is presented to the Commissioner of Customs and Excise.