. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ISR/521 
25 July 2011  
 (11-3739) 
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:  ISRAEL  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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 : 
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor Tel.:  +(972) 3 7347502 Fax:  +(972) 3 7347626 E-mail:  Yael.Friedgut@moital.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):  Microbiology of food and 
animal feed stu ffs (ICS: 07.100.30) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  
 SI 885 part 12.1:  Microbiology of food a nd animal feeding stuffs: Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of β-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli  - Colony-count 
technique at 440C using membranes and 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl β-D-
glucuronide (7 pages in Hebr ew and 9 pages in English). 
 SI 885 part 12.2:  Microbiology of food a nd animal feeding stuffs: Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of β-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli  - Colony-count 
technique at 440C using 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl β-D-glucuronide (7 pages in 
Hebrew and 8 pages in English). 
 SI 885 part 12.3:  Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs : Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of β-glucuronidase-positive Escherichia coli  - Most probable 
number (MPN) technique using 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl β-D-glucuronide  
(8 pages in Hebrew and 8 pages in English). 
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 885 part 12 to be replaced 
with SI 885 parts 12.1, 12.2, and part 12.3. Thes e draft standard revisi ons adopt the following 
International Standards:  
 SI 885 part 12.1 adopts the International Standard ISO 16649-1- Premiere edition: 
2001-04-15. G/TBT/N/ISR/521 
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   SI 885 part 12.2 adopts the Internationa l Standard ISO 16649-2 - First edition: 
2001-04-15. 
 SI 885 part 12.3 adopts the Internationa l Standard ISO 16649-3 - First edition: 
2005-09-15. 
These new revised standards ar e significantly different from th e old standard and introduce 
new technical changes to the test methods. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health a nd lowering of trade barriers.  
8. Relevant documents:   
 Mandatory Standard SI 885 part 12 (February 2004).   
 International Standard ISO 16649-1 - Premiere edit ion:  2001-04-15. 
 International Standard ISO 16649-2 - First edition:  2001-04-15.  
 International Standard ISO 16649-3 - First edition:  2005-09-15. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
Generally 60 days after publication in Israel's 
Official Gazette, Se ction of Government 
Notices. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification 
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:    
SI 885 part 6.1:  http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc/tkina/SI885Part12-1.pdf  
SI 885 part 6.2:  http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc/tkina/SI885Part12-2.pdf  
SI 885 part 6.3:  http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc/tkina/SI885Part12-3.pdf