G/TBT/N/ISR/1028  
 
31 October 2018  
(18-6845) 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 CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Jams, 
jellies and marmalades; (HS: 2007). (ICS: 67.080.10).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: SI 7296 - Jams, 
marmalades, fruit jellies, preservatives and povidle (17 page(s), in Hebrew)    
6. Description of content: Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI  34, dealing with jams, 
marmal ades, fruit jellies, preservatives and povidle, to be replaced with SI 7296. This 
draft standard revision adopts the Codex Alimentarius Standard 296 -2009 for jams, jellies 
and marmalades, with a few changes that appear in the standard's Hebrew section.   The 
major differences between the old version and this new revised draft standard are as 
follow:  
• Reduces the required fruit content for povidle with added sugar (paragraph 3);  
• Adds a reference to Israel's Public Health Regulations (Food) (Food Additives) 
2001 (paragraph 4);  
• Adds a new paragraph dealing with contaminants (paragraph 5);  
• Adds a new paragraph dealing with hygiene and adds new microbiological 
requirements and test methods  (paragraph 6);  
• Defines the labelling methods for fruit content and for co ncentrated fruit juices in 
an extra -confiture 100% fruit (paragraph 8);  
• Changes the test methods (paragraph 9).  
According the Law for Determining the Entry into Force of Marking Requirements for Pre -
Packaged Food (2014), these new marking requirements will  enter into force 2 years after 
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  pre-packaged food can be marked either according to the old or the new marking 
requirements.  
7. Objective and rationale, including  the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Israel Mandatory Standard SI  34 (August 1993) and Amendment 1 (May 2011);  
• Codex Alimentarius Standard 296-2009.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: 1 year after publication in Israel Official Gazette, 
Section of Government 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/crnatta chments/2018/TBT/ISR/18_5693_00_x.pdf