G/TBT/N/ISR/873  
 
1 March 2016  
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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 telephon e 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 7347502 Fax: + (972) 3 7347626 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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, wher e applicable): Processed tomato 
concentrate (HS: 2002; ICS: 67.080.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: SI 41 – Processed 
tomato concentrates (6 pages, in English; 10 pages, in Hebrew) 
6. Description of content: Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 41 dealing with processed 
tomato concentrates. This draft standard revision is an adoption of the International Codex 
Alimentarius Standard 57 – 1981, Revision  2007, Amendment 2013 and therefore differs 
significantly from the old standard. In addition  the standard's Hebrew section includes the 
following deviations from the adopted standard:  
 Changes the normative references to relevant Israeli and foreign laws, regulations, 
standards and official documents; 
 Changes the 2 footnotes refer to paragraph 2.1 dealing with product definition;  
 Changes paragraph 2.2 dealing with the following product designations: tomato 
puree, tomato paste, tomato paste with added sugar, tomato concentrates and 
tomato concentrates with added sugar; 
 Changes paragraph 3.1.2 dealing with other permitted ingredients listed under the 
essential composition and quality factors; 
 Changes some of the quality criteria listed in paragraph 3.2; 
 Changes the requirements of paragraph 3.4 dealing with the lot acceptance; 
 Changes paragraph 3.5.1 dealing with the general product requirements 
and requires that the product will comply al so with paragraph 201 of Israel standard 
SI 143; 
 Changes the specific reference to Israeli laws, regulations, standards and official 
documents in the following paragraphs: paragraph 4 – food additives, paragraph 5 – 
contaminants and paragraph 6 – hygiene; 
 Deletes paragraph 4.1 dealing with acidity regulators; 
 Changes paragraph 6 and adds new requirements for preservation capability; G/TBT/N/ISR/873 
 
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   Adds a few changes to paragraph 7.1 dealing with the fill of container; 
 Changes some of the requirements of paragraph 8 dealing with labelling; 
 Changes the references for some of the methods for analysis and sampling 
mentioned in paragraph 9. 
This revision will enter into force 2 years after publication in Israel Official Gazette, Section 
of Government Notices. 
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 41 (May 1991) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: 2 years after publication in Israel Official Gazette, 
Section of Government Notices   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
http://www.economy.gov.il/ standartization/WTO_TBT/ ISR_Text/SI41_Jan15.pdf   
http://www.fao.org/fao-who- codexalimentarius/download/ standards/237/CXS_057e.pdf