The Regulations and Compliance (R&C) Department primary objective is to oversee compliance with the Crops Act, 2013, industry codes of practice and standards.
Regulation & Compliance Department
Regulation & Compliance Department Functions
Services
- Registration, licensing and issuance of permits to dealers;
- Inspections and compliance audits of miraa, pyrethrum, fibre and other industrial crops dealers’ processing facilities to ascertain compliance with the Crops Act, 2013, standards and industry codes of practice;
- Surveillance at non-gazetted and gazetted border points in the country;
- Development and review of miraa, pyrethrum, fibre and other industrial crops standards and industry Codes of Practice in collaboration with Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS);
- Capacity building of County Government officers on matters relating to regulations and compliance;
- Participation in codex committee meetings on matters related to agricultural policies, standards and miraa, pyrethrum, fibre and other industrial crops trade locally and internationally;
- Inspection of miraa, pyrethrum, fibre and other industrial crops imports or exports for compliance with national, regional and international standards;
- To enforce compliance with the Crops Act, 2013 and standards for conformity to product quality;
- To promote self-regulation among the various categories of dealers along the value chain in line with respective industry codes of practice.