G/SPS/N/PHL/401  
 
23 November 2017  
(17-6410) 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, Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries 
Standards  
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): Fresh and quick frozen raw scallops products  
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: Working Draft -Philippine National Standards - Fresh and 
Quick Frozen Raw Scallops Products . Langu age(s): English.  Number of pages: 15 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/PHL/17_5219_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard applies to scallops species of the Pectinidae  family 
in the following product categories: (i) "Fresh or Quick Frozen Scallop Meat", which is the 
scallop adductor muscle meat;  (ii) "Fresh or Quick Frozen Roe -on Scallop Meat", which is 
the scallop adductor muscle meat and attached roe (with or without shell); and (iii)  "Quick 
Frozen Scallop Meat", or "Quick Frozen Roe -on Scallop Meat", with added water and/or 
solutions of water and phosphates.  Products covered by this standard may be intende d for 
direct consumption or for further processing.  
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 the re 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/RCP 8 -1976, Code of Practice for the Processing and Handling of Quick 
Frozen Foods. Codex Alimentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture 
Organization/World Health Organization. Rome, Italy. 
(http://www.co dexalimentarius.org ) 
 CAC/RCP 1 -1969, Rev. 3 -2003. Amend 1999. General Principles of Food 
Hygiene. Codex Alimentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture 
Organization/World Health Organization. Rome, Italy. 
(http://www.codexalimentarius.org ) 
 CAC/RCP 52 -2003, Rev. 6 -2011, Amend.2 -2013. Code of Practice for Fish and 
Fishery Products. Codex Alimentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture 
Organization/World Health Organization. Rome, Italy. 
(http://www.codexalimentarius.org ) G/SPS/N/PHL/401  
 
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   CAC/GL 31 -1999. Guidelines for the Sensory Evaluation of Fish and Shellfish in 
Laboratories. Codex Alimentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture 
Organization/World Health Organization. Rome, Italy. 
(http://www.codexalimentarius.org ) 
 CAC/GL 50 -2004. General Guidelines on Sampling. Codex Alimentarius 
Commission. Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization. 
Rome, Italy. ( http://www.codexalimentarius.org ) 
 CAC/GL 73 -2010. Guidelines on the Application of General Principles of Food 
Hygiene to the Control of Viruses in Food. Codex Alimentarius Commission. 
Food and Agriculture Organization/World Hea lth Organization. Rome, Italy. 
(http://www.codexalimentarius.org ) 
 CODEX STAN 150 -1985, Amend 3 -2006. Standard for Food Grade Salt. Codex 
Alimentarius  Commission. Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health 
Organization. Rome, Italy. ( http://www.codexalimentarius.org ) 
 CODEX STAN 192 -1995, Rev. 16 -2015. General Standard for Food Additives 
Foods. Codex A limentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture 
Organization/World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) Joint Programme. Rome, 
Italy. ( http://www.codexalimentarius.org ) 
 CODEX STAN 315 -2014, Amend.1 -2016. Standard for Fresh and Quick Frozen 
Raw Scallop Products. Foods. Codex Alimentarius Commission. Food and 
Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization Joint Programme. Rome, 
Italy. ( http://www.codexalimentarius.org ) 
[ ] World Organization 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 av ailable:   
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) : 22 January 2018  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  Nationa l 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 G/SPS/N/PHL/401  
 
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  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  
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