G/TBT/N/ISR /1075  
31 July 2019  
(19-5010) 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:  ISRAEL   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Israel WTO -TBT Enquiry Point  
Name and address (including telephone 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:   
Israel WTO -TBT Enquiry Point  
Ministry of Economy and Industry  
Tel: + (972) 3 7347501  
E-mail: Yael.Friedgut@economy.gov.il  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CC CN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Canned 
meat products; (HS: 1601, 1602); (ICS: 67.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  SI 389 - Canned 
meat products (11 page(s), in Hebrew)  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the partially Mandatory Standards SI 389  and SI 
1085, to be replaced with SI 389,  dealing with canned meat products. The major 
differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are as follow:  
• Expends the standard's scope to includes also poultry products including poultry 
and beef inner parts;  
• Includes also meat products packed in flexible packages;  
• Adds new methods for complying with the commercial sterility requirements;  
• Deletes the requirements for fat content (separate  and general), meat crumbles 
and connective tissues;  
• Adds a new requirement for combination meals;  
• Adds new definitions for "Meat with a supplement" and for "Food with a meat 
supplement";  
• Allows the use of food supplement according to Israel Public Health Protection 
Law (2015) and regulations (2001);  
• Adds a reference to the flavour and fragrance materials guidelines document 
issued by  Israel Ministry of Health (2015);  
• Adds a new paragraph 10 dealing with contaminants;  
• Changes the test methods (paragraph 12).  G/TBT/N/ISR/1075  
 
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  All section and sub -sections in the  new revised standard will mandatory.  
Both the old standards and the new revised standard will apply for a period of 12 months 
for the entry into force of this revision. During thi s time products could be tested according 
to the old or the new revised standards.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI  389 (August 1997);  
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI  1085 (April 1980).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Generally 60 days after publication in Israel Official 
Gazette, Section of Go vernment Notices  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/ISR/19_4251_00_x.pdf