G/TBT/N/JAM/115  
8 February 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  JAMAICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Bureau of Standards Jamaica  
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:   
Regional and In ternational Trade Branch  
6 Winchester Road  
Kingston 10  
Jamaica W.I.  
Email: tbtenquirypoint@bsj.org.jm  ; Website: http://www.bsj.org.jm  
Tel.: 1 (876) 926 -3140-5/ (876) 618 -1534/ (876) 632 -4275; Fax: 1 (876) 929 -4736 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Poultry 
and eggs (ICS code(s): 67.120.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Standard 
Specification for Poultry and poultry products; (39 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This standard covers the quality and food safety provisions for 
poultry meat and processing from receival at the processing plant through to retail sale. 
This standard establishes the requirements for sanitation, plant hygiene, the dressing 
operation, grading, packaging, labelling, additives, criteria, animal welfare, and marketing 
as well as ante -mortem and post -mortem inspection of poultry pr oducts for sale. It 
defines and distinguishes between the market classes of poultry.  
This standard is intended to be compulsory.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This standard is a modified adoption of the CRS 28: 2012 CARICOM Standard 
Specification for Poultry and Poultry Products.  
A modified adoption of this standard was conducted to address the preparation of freshly 
slaughtered poultry for direct sale. The standard was updated to include the use of 
additives, as well as a classification system for the determination of grades of poultry.; 
Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer 
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  8. Relevant documents:  A notice of the Standard Specification for Poultry and 
Poultry Products will appear in The Jamaica Gazette Supplement - Proclamations, Rules 
and Regulations. The document will appear as a Jamaican Standard Specification, with 
compulsory  status, and will be available for sale.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  15 October 2024  
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:   
Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ)  
Regional & International Trade Branch  
Contacts: Mrs. Sherieka Satchell Knight and Ms Nadette Brown  
6 Winchester Road  
Kingston 10  
Tel: +(876) -618-1534; +(876) -632-4275 
Email: tbtenquirypoint@bsj.org.jm  
Website: http://www.bsj.org.jm