G/SPS/N/ PHL/395  
 
25 October 2017  
(17-5799) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: PHILIPPINES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Department of Agriculture (DA), Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries 
Standards (BAFS)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Tilapia  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected,  to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Philippine National Standard  - Live, Fresh -chilled and 
Fresh -frozen Tilapia . Language(s): English.  Number of pages: 11 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/PHL/17_4776_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard applies to Tilapia species of the Cichlidae  family 
prepared and marketed live, chilled or frozen, intended for human consumption. The 
product can be presented in the following forms: (i) live; (ii) whole; (iii) whole, gutted; 
(iv) fillet.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal hea lth, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
 CAC/GL 50 -2004. General Guidelines on Sampling. Codex  Alimentarius 
Commission. Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization. Rome, 
Italy 
 CAC/RCP 52 -2003, Rev. 6-2011, Amend.  3-2016. Code of Practice for Fish and 
Fishery Products. Codex Alimentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture 
Organization/World Health Organization. Rome, Italy  
 CODEX STAN 1 -1985, Amend. 7 -2010. General Standard for the Labeling of 
Prepackaged Foods. Codex Al imentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture 
Organization/World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) Joint Programme. Rome, Italy  
 CODEX STAN 192 -1995, Rev. 17-2016. General Standard for Food Additives Foods. 
Codex Alimentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture Organ ization/World Health 
Organization (FAO/WHO) Joint Programme. Rome, Italy  
 CODEX STAN 193 -1995, Rev.4 -2009, Amend.  6-2016. Codex General Standard for 
Contaminants and Toxins in Food and Feed. Codex Alimentarius Commission. Food 
and Agriculture Organization/W orld Health Organization. Rome, Italy  G/SPS/N/PHL/395  
 
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   CODEX STAN 234 -1999, Rev.2 -2007, Amend.  5-2016. Codex Recommended 
Methods of Analysis and Sampling. Codex Alimentarius Commission. Food and 
Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization. Rome, Italy  
[ ] World Orga nization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 13 November 2017  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Department of Agriculture (DA)  
Office of the Director  
Policy Research Service  
Department of Agriculture  
Elliptical Road, Diliman  
Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 926 7439  
Fax: +(632) 928 0590  
E-mail: spspilipinas@da.gov.ph  
 
or 
 
Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards  
BPI Compound, Visayas Avenue, Diliman  
Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 455 0031  
 +(632)455 2858  
 +(632)455 2856  
Fax: +(632) 455 0031  
E-mail: bafs@da.gov.ph  
Website: http://bafs.da.gov.ph  G/SPS/N/PHL/395  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Department of Agriculture (DA)  
Office of the Director  
Policy Research Service  
Department of Agriculture  
Elliptical Road, Diliman  
Quezon City  
Tel: +(632) 926 7439  
Fax: +(632) 928 0590  
E-mail: spspilipinas@da.gov.ph  
 
or 
 
Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards  
BPI Compound, Visayas Avenue, Diliman  
Quezon City  
Tel: +(632)  455 0031  
 +(632)455 2858  
 +(632)455 2856  
Fax: +(632) 455 0031  
E-mail: bafs@da.gov.ph  
Website: http://bafs.da.gov.ph