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G/SPS/N/QAT/27 
4 August 2011 
 (11-3944) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  QATAR 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Environment 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  ICS Code: 67.120 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Gulf region  
5. Title of the notified document:  Packaged Meat Containing Vegetables and Sauce 
Language(s):  Arabic and English  Number of pages:  12 and 9 
6. Description of content:  This Draft Technical Regulation concerns meat of beef, buffalo, 
camel, mutton or goat with vegetables or sauce or both and packaged in a suitable 
container;  definitions, requirements, sampling, methods of test and examination,  packing, 
transportation, storage and labelling. 
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 there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/QAT/27 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
 Gulf Standard GSO 1816/2007 - Minced meat 
 Egyptian Standard 2097 / 2005 - Minced meat mixed with soyabean protein 
 J.F.Gracey 1981 Thornton's Meat Hygiene, Seventh Edition 
 The English language Book Society and Ba illiere Tindall,London. S.J. Palling, 1980 
 Development in Food Packaging-1, App lied Science Published Ltd Ripple Road, 
Barking, Essex, England   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the official journal 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Six (6) months as from the date of application 
in the Official Journal 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :    
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  3 October 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
http://www.saso.org.sa  
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Ministry of Environment  
Standard department  
P.O. Box:  23277 
State of Qatar E-mail :  standard@qatar.net.qa