G/TBT/N/QAT/665  
9 February 2024  
(24-1055) 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:  QATAR  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Qatar General Organization for Standardization (QS)  
Standards and Metrology Department  
P.O Box 23277  
Doha - State of Qatar  
E-mail : standard@qatar.net.qa  
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:   
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):  Food 
products in general (ICS code(s): 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and lan guage(s) of the notified document:  Shelf Life of 
Food Products; (16 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:  This technical regulation is concerned with specific and 
necessary shelf -life requirements for local and imported foodstuffs for direct huma n 
consumption, or after manufacturing or preparing.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of 
human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Ahmad T (2012) Pasteurization. In: Dairy Plant Engineering and Management. 
8th chapter. Kitab Mahal, Allahabad, India. pp. 196 -221. 
2. Corradini MG (2018). Shelf life of food products: from open labeling to real -time 
measurements. Annu Rev Food Sci Technol 9:251 –269. 
3. Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs  and Food Standards Agency  
(2017). Guidance Food labelling: loose foods. 
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/food -labelling -loose-foods  
4. European Commission (2014) Technical guidance document – on shelf -life studies 
for Listeria monocy togenes in ready -to-eat foods – version 3 of 6 June 2014 – 
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  5. FSA-Ireland (2022). Guidance Note : Validation of product shelf -life (Revision 5). 
https://www.fsai.ie/getmedi a 
6. Fu B, Labuza TP (1993) Shelf -life prediction: theory and application. Food Control 
4(3):125 –133. 
7. Gunawan, I., Vanany, I. and Widodo, E., 2022. Bulk food recall decisions: 
Postponement and preponement to sustain food bu siness. Journal of Food 
Engineering, 317, p.110843.  
8. Meat and livestock Australia (2016). Shelf life of Australian red meat – Second 
edition.  
9. Ministry of primary industry New Zealand (2016). Guidance Document: How to 
Determine the Shelf Life of Food.  
10. Xu, Y. and Burfoot, D., 1999. Simulating the bulk storage of foodstuffs. Journal 
of food engineering, 39(1), pp.23 -29. 
11. A Guidance How to Determine the Shelf Life of Food, New Zealand Government, 
2016 
12. Guide calculating shelf life, NZFSA, 2005. Validation of pro ducts Shelf life, FSA -
Ireland, 2011  
13. FSA-Ireland (2022). G U I D A N C E N O T E: Validation of product shelf -life 
(Revision 5)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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:   
The Draft TR is Available in Arabic Language only  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/QAT/24_01246_00_x.pdf