G/TBT/N/ISR/1187  
29 March 2021  
(21-2557) 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 
peas; (HS: 070810); (ICS: 67.080.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 877 Part 4 - 
Frozen vegetables and fruits: Frozen peas (3 page(s), in English; 12 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 939 to be replaced with 
SI 877 part 4, dealing with the frozen peas. This draft standa rd revision adopts the Annex 
on peas 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 peas 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 
products;  
• Changes the m icrobiological 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/1187  
 
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  Only the following sections of this proposed standard shall be manda tory after entry into 
force:  
• Section 2.1 - Composition;  
• Sub-section 2.2.1 - General requirements;  
• Sub-section 2.2.2 - Analytical characteristics  
• Section 3 - Food additives;  
• Section 4 - Labelling.  
Both the old standard and this new revised standard will app ly from the entry into force 
for a period of two years counted from the end of the calendar year of the publication in 
Israel's Official Gazette. During this transition period, should one 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:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 939  (December 1975);  
• 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 from the entry into force for a period of two years counted from the end of the 
calendar year of the publication in Israel's Official Gazette. During this transition period, 
should one choose to comply with the requirements of this new revision, he must also 
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/ISR/21_2280_00_x.pdf