. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/BHR/283 
31 August 2012  
 (12-4705) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BAHRAIN  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Standards and Metrology Directorate (BSMD) 
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 :   
Ministry of Industry and Commerce 
P.O. Box:  5479, Kingdom of Bahrain Tel.:  +973 17574880  Fax:  +973 17530730 E-mail:  bsmd@moic.gov.bh . 
Website:  http://www.moic.gov.bh  
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):  Evaporated milk, 
ICS 67.100.10. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Evaporated milk 
(10 pages in Arabic, 8 pages in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation spec ifies the requirements stated in 
the Gulf Standard GSO "Evapor ated milk" under clauses 7.1 a nd 8 (packaging and labelling) 
as mandatory requirements.  
It specifies as follows: 1. Packaging should be without prejudice to  what is mentioned in Gulf Standard 
 GSO 839 "Food packages- Part 1: General requirements"; 
2. The product shall be packed automatically  to ensure no contamination and in clean 
 and sterilized containers that will not alter the product properties. 
It also describes that  label requirements such as: 
1. It should be without prejudice to what is mentioned in Gulf Standards: 
a) GSO 9" Labelling of pr e-packaged food stuffs"; 
b) GSO 150" Expiration periods of food products". G/TBT/N/BHR/283 
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  2. The following shall be declared on the label of containers: 
a) Product name; 
b) Fat content; c) Protein content; d) Evaporated partly sk immed milk may be design ated "evaporated semi-
 skimmed milk" if the milk fat cont ent ranged between 4.0- 4.5% and the 
 minimum milk solids is 24% m/m; 
e) In the case of processing the product from reconstituted milk, the name of the 
 product shall be followed with clear wr iting and with the same size for the 
 letters used in writing, the name of the product with the statement "processed 
 from dried milk" or others, according to the kind of milk used; f) Type of animal from which the milk is produced. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To maintain consumer protection and food safety.  
8. Relevant documents:    
- GSO "Evaporated milk"; 
- Codex Alimentarus Commission, CAC 281/ 1971, Revision 2010, "Evaporated milk";   
- Saudi Standard, SASO 261/2001 "Evaporated milk". 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   } To be determined. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the notification date 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body: