G/TBT/N/BHR/392  
 
1 May 2015  
(15-2350)  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: KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: Bahrain 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  
Kingdom of Bahrain 
P.O. Box 5479  Tel.: +973 17574871 Fax: +973 17530730 
E-mail: bsmd@moic.gov.bh   
Web site: 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Honey 
(ICS Code: 67.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Honey (14 pages, 
in Arabic)  
6. Description of content: The notified draft technical regulation specifies the mandatory 
requirements of labelling stated in the Gulf Standard document GSO 147 related to "Honey" under clause 8 respectively. The labe lling and adjoining explanatory statements 
shall be written in Arabic and, where another language is used, it shall be alongside the 
Arabic. All the information provided in another language shall be identical with those 
written in Arabic. They are illustrated as follows:  
 Storage conditions and conservation 
 Product name and type (honey) 
 Honey can be named according to its geographical or topographical origin if the 
product is within the boundaries of the area mentioned 
 Honey can be classified according to its floral or vegetable origin, when most of its 
sensory, chemical, natural and microscopic ingredients are derived from the source mentioned 
 When classifying honey according to its floral or vegetable origin, the name of the 
product must be similar to the origin source 
 When classifying honey according to its floral or vegetable origin, the area of origin 
must be mentioned 
 Honey can be named according to the way it was extracted from its wax: 
 Sorted honey 
 Compressed honey 
 Dried honey G/TBT/N/BHR/392 
 
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   Honey can be named according to the following methods: 
 Liquefied or crystallised honey or a mixture of them 
 Honey comb 
 Honey comb pieces or honey lump inside the liquid honey 
 In the case of low diastase enzyme hone y, it must be declared "Low diastase 
enzyme" or any other phrase that indicates the same meaning 
 Manufacturer name and address of the packer or trade mark, if any 
 Net Weight international units  
 Date of production or packing month and year 
 Country of origin 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: To maintain consumer protection and food safety 
8. Relevant documents:  
 GSO 147 "Honey" 
 Egyptian Standard – ES 355-1:2008 "Honey and Method of Analysis Part 1: Honey"  
 Private Yemeni Honey – Research Study 0.2007 to 2010 m 
 Codex Standard No 12/1981 – [Rev 2/2001 for honey] 
 Syrian Standard No. (412/2004) for "Honey (1st revision)" 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from date of notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body: