G/TBT/N/BHR/347  
 
13 May 2014  
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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: KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible: Standards & Metrology Directorate (BSMD) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 : 
Ministry of Industry and Commerce 
P.O. Box 5479, Kingdom of Bahrain 
Tel: +973 17574880 Fax: +973 17530730 E-mail: bsmd@moic.gov.bh  
Website: http://www.moic.gov.bh  
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): Sturgeon 
Caviar (ICS: 67.120.30) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Sturgeon Caviar 
(12 pages in English, 11 pages in Arabic). 
6. Description of content: This draft technical regulation specifies the requirements stated 
in the Gulf standard GSO "Sturgeon Caviar" under clauses 8 & 12 (packaging & labelling) 
as mandatory requirements. It specifies that the packaged product should be in sealed containers and should protect the product during transport, storage and handling. 
The packaging shall also comply with the following Gulf standard: 
1. GSO 839 "Food Packages- Part 1: General Requirements" 
2. GSO 1863 "Food Packages - Part 2: Plastic Packages- General Requirements" 3. GSO 839 "Food - Packages - Part 1: General Requirements" 
4. GSO 1791 "2007 Three piece steel round cans used for canning food stuffs"  
It also describes label requirements such as: 1. It should be without prejudice to what mentioned in Gulf Standard GSO 9 "Labelling of 
prepackaged foods". 
 2. The name of the food: The labelling shall be written in such a way as to avoid any risk of misleading consumers on the nature of the product. 
 
3. Storage instruction: The labelling shall include terms to indicate that the product shall be stored under appropriate time/temperature conditions  
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  4. Repackaging: In case of repackaging of th e product the facility registration code shall 
be identified.  
5. Labelling of non-retail containers: Each primary container shall be labelled with the 
number markings of the lot and the species. Information specified above shall be given either on the container or in accompanying documents, except that the name of the 
food, lot identification, and the name and address as well as storage instructions shall 
always appear on the container. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To maintain consumer protection and food safety.  
8. Relevant documents: 
- GSO 1360 "Sturgeon Caviar" 
- CODEX STAN 291 "Standard for Sturgeon Caviar" 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined 
To be determined 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from the notification date 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body: