{"id":17222,"date":"2025-03-05T11:11:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=17222"},"modified":"2025-03-05T11:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:11:10","slug":"government-moves-to-regulate-harvesting-and-trade-of-natural-gums-and-resins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=17222","title":{"rendered":"Government Moves to Regulate Harvesting and Trade of Natural Gums and Resins."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kq-cargo-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kq-cargo-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kq-cargo-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> The government is set to introduce new <strong>regulations governing the harvesting, trade, and export<\/strong> of <strong>natural gums and resins<\/strong>, key ingredients in <strong>Coca-Cola beverages<\/strong> and other food and pharmaceutical products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed rules aim to <strong>curb illegal trade, promote sustainability, and enhance revenue collection<\/strong> in an industry that has long suffered from <strong>unregulated exploitation and environmental degradation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenya is a <strong>significant producer<\/strong> of <strong>natural gums and resins<\/strong>, including <strong>gum arabic<\/strong>, a stabilizer widely used in <strong>soft drinks, confectionery, and pharmaceuticals<\/strong>. The raw materials are primarily sourced from <strong>arid and semi-arid regions<\/strong> such as <strong>northern Kenya<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Licensing Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the <strong>Forest Conservation and Management (Gums and Resins) Regulations, 2025<\/strong>, all individuals and businesses involved in <strong>collecting, harvesting, and trading<\/strong> these forest products will be <strong>required to obtain a licence<\/strong> from either the <strong>Kenya Forest Service (KFS) or county governments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move is expected to <strong>streamline the sector, protect forest resources, and boost government revenues<\/strong> by eliminating <strong>unregulated trade and overharvesting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stakeholders in the industry are now awaiting further details on the implementation of the new regulations and how they will impact local harvesters and traders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government is set to introduce new regulations governing the harvesting, trade, and export of natural gums and resins, key ingredients in Coca-Cola beverages and other food and pharmaceutical products. The proposed rules aim to curb illegal trade, promote sustainability, and enhance revenue collection in an industry that has long suffered from unregulated exploitation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kq-cargo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17224,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17222\/revisions\/17224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}