G/TBT/N/ISR/1192  
29 March 2021  
(21-2562) 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 [   ], 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):  Fermented 
milk products; (HS: 04); (ICS: 67.100.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified doc ument:  SI 285 - 
Fermented milk products (12 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 244 and SI 285, to be 
replaced with SI 285, dealing with fermented milk products. The major differences 
between the old standa rds and this proposed standard are as follow:  
• Both the mandatory standard SI 244 dealing with sour cream and the  mandatory 
standard SI 285 dealing with fermented milk products will be revised and 
combined into this proposed standard;  
• The test methods described in SI 244 and SI 285 were moved to the proposed 
standard SI 5930 "Milk and milk products -Test methods", as notified in 
G/TBT/N/ISR/382 and  G/TBT/N/ISR/384;  
• The "fermented milk products" were defined according to the Codex Alimentarius 
standard  CXS 243 -2003 and the American Code of Federal Regulation CFR  21 
(Volume 2) PART 131: 2019;  
• Section 6.2 "additives" allows adding different food products into the fermented 
milk products;  
• Deletes the following requirements: Content (product's weight ), Product's 
temperature, Cleaningness, pH, and the product retention capacity.  
The requirements of all sections of the proposed draft standard will be mandatory after 
entry into force of this revision.  G/TBT/N/ISR/1192  
 
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  Both the old standards (including their amendments) a nd this new revised standard will 
apply from entry into force of this revision for at least two years. During this time products 
may be tested according to the old or the new revised standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent pr oblems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 244  (April 1985), Amendment 1 (August 1993), 
and the proposed amendments 2, 3, and 4;  
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI 285  (April 1987), Amendment 1 (August 1993), 
Amendment 2 (February 2009), and the proposed amendments 3, 4, and 5;  
• G/TBT/N/ISR/382;  
• G/TBT/N/ISR/384;  
• G/TBT/N/ISR/614;  
• G/TBT/N/ISR/615.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Generally, 60 days after publication in Israel Official 
Gazette, Section of Government Notices.  Both the old standards (including their 
amendments) and this new revised standard will apply from entry into force of this 
revision for at least two years. During this time products may be tested according to the 
old or the new revised standard.  
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   
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