G/TBT/N/ISR/1191  
29 March 2021  
(21-2565) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ISRAEL   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Israel WTO-TBT Enquiry Point  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Israel WTO -TBT Enquiry Point  
Ministry of Economy and Industry  
Tel: + (972) 74 7502236  
E-mail: Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Frozen 
french fried potatoes or frozen french fried sweet potatoes; (HS: 0701); (ICS: 67.080.01)  
5. Title, number  of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 877 Part 8 - 
Frozen vegetables and fruits: Frozen french fried potatoes or frozen french fried sweet 
potatoes (4 page(s), in English; 16 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 1203 to be replaced 
with SI  877 part 8, dealing with the frozen french -fried potatoes or frozen french -fried 
sweet potatoes. This draft standard revision adopts the Annex on french -fried potatoes of 
the Codex Alimentarius Standard CXS  320-2015 (Revised in 2017), with a few changes 
and national deviations that appear in the standard's Hebrew section. The major changes 
introduced in this draft are as follows:  
• Changes the standard's scope and requires that frozen french -fried potatoes 
intended for further processing or for industrial purposes are subject to only 
specific parameters relating to product safety and to the requirement for no 
foreign bodies in produc ts; 
• Changes the microbiological provisions and requires to comply with Israel 
Mandatory Standard SI 877 part 1;  
• Changes the test methods;  
• Changes the defect examination method;  
• Adds a new sampling method.  G/TBT/N/ISR/1191  
 
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  Only the following sections of this proposed standa rd shall be mandatory after entry into 
force:  
• Standard's scope, except for the standard's expansion to products  intended for 
further processing or for industrial purposes;  
• Section 2.1 - Composition;  
• Sub-section 2.2.1 - General requirements;  
• Section 2.2.2 - Analytical characteristics, sub -sections 2.2.2.1 and 2.2.2.2;  
• Section 3 - Food additives;  
• Section 4 - Labelling.  
Both the old standard and this new revised standard will apply for three years from entry 
into force. During this transition period, should on e choose to comply with this new 
revision's requirements, he must also comply with the new labeling requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 1203  (June 1983);  
• Codex Alimentarius Standard CXS 320 -2015 (Revised in 2017).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Both the old standard and this new revised standard 
will apply for three years from entry into force. During this transition period, should one 
choose to comply with this new revision's requirements, he must al so comply with the 
new labeling requirements.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO-TBT Enquiry Point  
Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/I SR/21_2286_00_x.pdf