G/SPS/N/BHR/133  
 
6 February 2014  
(14-0693)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member:  KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Food Control Section, Ministry of Health 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Fried potato (ICS Code: 67.080) 
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: Food Stuffs: Fried Potato  Language(s): Arabic and 
English  Number of pages: 11 and 8 
6. Description of content: This Gulf standard shall apply to fried potato including potato 
sticks and chips which have been prepared from the species Solanum tuberosum  L., and 
offered for direct consumption. It does not include potato chips made from dried potatoes. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] 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:  
 MIL-P-35020D, 29 July 1988, "Military specification- potato sticks and chips" 
 Malaysian standard 1261:1992, Specification for potato chips 
 United States standards for grades of potatoes for chipping, 1 January 1997 
 Commission regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006, "Setting 
maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs" G/SPS/N/BHR/133 
 
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  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: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 7 April 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Mr Mohammed Alhaddaq 
Ministry of Health 
P.O. Box: 12 - Manama Kingdom of Bahrain 
Tel: +(973) 1727 3683 
Fax: +(973) 1727 9253 E-mail: mhaddaq@health.gov.bh 
Website: http://www.moh.gov.bh  
13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Mr Mohammed Alhaddaq  
Ministry of Health P.O. Box: 12 - Manama 
Kingdom of Bahrain 
Tel: +(973) 1727 3683 Fax: +(973) 1727 9253 
E-mail: mhaddaq@health.gov.bh 
Website: http://www.moh.gov.bh