. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PHL/71 
3 November 2006 
 (06-5305) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   PHILIPPINES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Bureau of Food and Drugs, Department of Health 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
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):   Mango beverage 
products  
(ICS:  67.160.01) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Philippine National 
Standard/Bureau of Food and Drug (DPNS/ BFAD) 09:2006 – Mango Beverage Products – 
Specification. 
6. Description of content:   This notification shall apply to mango beverages including ready-
to-drink (RTD), concentrate ju ices in powder and liquid forms, sweetened and unsweetened 
juices and purees made from sound and mature mango ( Mangifera indica  L.) preserved 
exclusively by physical means.  Preservation by physical means does not include ionizing 
radiation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
For consumers protection. 
8. Relevant documents:    
A.O. No. 90 s. 1980. Naming of Fruit Beverag es. Bureau of Food and Drugs. Department of 
Health. Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. 
 
A.O. No. 88-A s. 1984. Regulatory Guidelines Concerning Food Additives. Bureau of Food and Drugs. Department of Health. Alaba ng, Muntinlupa City, Philippines.    
 
A.O. No. 153 s. 2004. Guidelines, Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, 
Packing, Repacking or Holding Food. Bureau  of Food and Drugs. Department of Health. 
Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. 
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  A.O. No. 0018 s. 2005. Philippine National St andards on Ethnic Food Products – Dry Mixes 
and Sweet Preserves.  Bureau of Food and Drugs. Department of Health. Alabang, 
Muntinlupa City, Philippines. 
 
Association of Analytical Chemists.  Official Methods of Analysis Manual. 16
th ed., 1995. 
AOAC International. 481 North Frederick Av e., Suite 500, Gaithers burg, MD 20877-2417. 
U.S.A. 
 
Codex Standard 247-2005. Codex General Standard for Fruit Juices and Nectars . Codex 
Alimentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture Organization. Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. 
 
FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commissi on Manual. 1995. Codex Alimentarius 
Commission. Food and Agriculture Organiza tion. Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 
Rome, Italy.  
Food, definition. ALINORM 04/27/41, para. 88 and Appendix VI. 2005. Codex 
Alimentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture Organization. Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.  Philippine National Standards No. 991:1993.  Agricultural and Other Food Products – 
Bottled Drinking Water Specifications. Bureau of  Product Standards. Department of Trade 
and Industry. Makati City, Philippines. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Year 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   25 December 2006 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Services 
Bureau of Product Standards Department of Trade and Industry 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue 
Makati City, Metro Manila 
Tel.:  (+632) 751-4749; 751-3125 E-mail:  bps@dti.gov.ph