G/SPS/N/KWT/74  
 
26 February 2020  
(20-1455) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  THE STATE OF KUWAIT  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Public Authority for Food and Nutrition  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Food labels, Prepackaged fodstuffs, Halloumi cheese, mozzarella 
cheese, cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, cream analogues, skimmed milk and vegetable 
fat blend.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Article Number 1 for 2020, Circular number 14 -22 for 
2019. Language(s):  Arabic . Number of pages:  10 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/KWT/20_1463_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Technical regulations and standards for export  of food products 
to Kuwait from the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition.  
− Labelling  pre-packaged  foodstuffs  
− Procedures for the nutrition labeling of food  
− Maximum amount allowed for trans fatty acid and declaring the trans fatty acid on 
the nutrition label per serving  
− Standard  that is concerned with halloumi cheese  
− Standard that is concerned with mozzarella cheese  
− Standard that is concerned with cottage cheese  
− Standard that is concerned with cheddar cheese  
− Standard applies to basic requirement with cream analogue pasteurized and 
sterilized and ultra -high heat -treated  
− The blend of evaporated skimmed milk and vegetable fat or oil, also known as a 
blend of unsweetened condensed skimmed milk and vegetable fat, which is intended 
for direct consumption, or further processing.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/KWT/74  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) is a standards 
organization for the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 31 May 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 20 February 2020  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 31 May 2020  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 31 May 2020  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
Public Authority for Food and Nutrtion  
207, Sabah Al Salem, Kuwait  
http://svc.kmun.gov.kw/  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Public Authority for Food and Nutrition  
207, Sabah Al Salem, Kuwait  
Website:  http://svc.kmun.gov.kw/