G/TBT/N/PHL/188
19 February 2015 
(15-1012)  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: PHILIPPINES 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):    
2. Agency responsible: Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries 
Standards 
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 : 
Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards 
BPI Compound, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines Emails: bafs@da.gov.ph  / dabafs@gmail.com  / kroscom@gmail.com   
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): This Philippine National 
Standards (PNS) applies to all local organizations. It covers all operations and activities of an 
organization that may have bearing on the safety of the feed ingredients and inputs 
supplied; from raw material procurement and supplier approval, through the point at which any feed ingredients produced are transferred to a purchaser. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Philippine National 
Standard for Halal Feeds (22 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: This Philippine National Standard specifies requirements for Halal 
feeds on the use of by-products, upgrading of  ingredients and enhancing productivity. This 
standard will serve as official reference for Halal feeds production intended for local and 
international trade.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
This document aims to serve as an official reference of Halal feeds standard aiming to 
provide greater confidence in consumers' expectations that all Halal animals fed using Halal feeds.  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Republic Act No. 9997: Act Creating the 10 National Commission on Muslim Filipinos 
(NCMF); 
• Republic Act No. 8435: Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act 13 (AFMA); 
• CAC/GL 81-2013. Guidance for Government on Prioritizing Hazards in Feed. Food 
and 8 Agriculture Organization /World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) Codex 9 
Alimentarius Commission; 
• CAC/GL 80-2013. Guidelines on the Application of Risk Assessment for Feed. Food 
and 12 Agriculture Organization /World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) Codex 13 
Alimentarius Commission; G/TBT/N/PHL/188 
 
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  • CAC/GL 71-2009. Guidelines for the Design and Implementation of National 
Regulatory 16 Food Safety Assurance Programme Associated with the Use of Veterinary Drugs in 17 Food Producing Animals. Revision 2012. Food and Agriculture 
Organization /World 18 Health Organization (FAO/WHO) Codex Alimentarius 
Commission; 
• CAC/GL 24-1997. General Guidelines for use of the Term "Halal". Food and 
Agriculture 22 Organization /World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) Codex 
Alimentarius 23 Commission; 
• CAC/MISC 5-1993. Glossary of Terms and Definitions (Residues for Veterinary Drugs 
in 26 Foods). Amendment 2003. Food and Agriculture Organization /World Health 27 
Organization (FAO/WHO) Codex Alimentarius Commission; 
• CAC/RCP 54-2004. Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding. Amendment 2008. 
Food and 31 Agriculture Organization /World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) Codex 
32 Alimentarius Commission; 
• (Undated). Halal Food Additives Used in ASEAN. Association of Southeast Asian 
Nations 35 (ASEAN) Working Group on Halal Food. 36 37 IFSA, 20; 
• IFSA Feed Ingredients Standard. The IFSA Feed Ingredients Standard for 38 
Producers and Processors of Feed Ingredient s. International Feed Safety Alliance. 39 
1 September 2005. 40 41; 
• IHI Alliance, 2009. Draft Standard for Halal – Animal Feed and Inputs. International 
Halal 42 Integrity (IHI) Alliance. IHIAS/TC4/CD 04. 4 April 2009. 43 44; 
• New Oxford American Dictionary. 45 46 PNS/BAFS 101:2011; 
• Philippine National Standard for Halal Agriculture and Fishery 47 Products. Bureau of 
Agriculture and Fisheries Standards (BAFS). Department of 48 Agriculture. Quezon 
City, Philippines. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   - 
Proposed date of entry into force:   This order shall take effect 15 days after publication 
in a newspaper of general circulation.   
10. Final date for comments: 17 April 2015 
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:   
Office of th e Director 
Bureau of Philippine Standards 
Department of Tr ade and Industry 
361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines 
E-mail: bps@dti.gov.ph  
Telephone No.: (632) 751-3130 
Fax: (632) 751-4706