Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act (Cap. 254).

This Act: provides rules for the placing on the market of food and drugs for man and animal and of chemical substances; establishes the Public Health (Standards) Board; and makes otherwise provision for the control of the quality and safety of food, drugs and chemical substances to be placed on the market of Kenya.
The Act prohibits the labelling, packaging, sale, treatment and processing of food that is presented to the public in a false or deceptive manner or that does not meet a prescribed standard and handling of food in unsanitary conditions. Similar rules are prescribed for drugs and chemical substances. Disposal of any chemical substance in a manner likely to cause contamination of food or water for human consumption or in a manner liable to be injurious or dangerous to the health of any person is declared to be an offence. “Food”, “drugs” and chemical “substances“ are defined in section 2. The Public Health (Standards) Board shall advise the Minister on Regulations to be adopted under this Act. The Act defines powers of authorized officers, including the power to inspect any animal intended for slaughter and to seize and examine any meat which the authorized officer considers to be unfit for consumption. The Act also confers powers on the Director of Agriculture to request sampling of any products covered by this Act appearing to him or her to affect the general interests of agriculture in Kenya. Other powers of control are conferred upon the Minister and the municipal councils.