. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/BHR/230 
15 June 2011  
 (11-2912) 
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:  KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Standards & 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):  Body Building Foods, 
ICS: 67 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  General Requirements 
for Body Building Foods (11 page s, in Arabic and English). 
6. Description of content:   
This draft technical regulation specifies th e requirements stated in the Gulf standard  GSO 
"General Requirements for Body Building Foods" under clauses 5 & 7 (packaging & 
labelling) as mandatory requirements such that:  
 The product shall be packed in hygienic containers which protects the quality 
characteristics of the product; and 
 Container and packaging material shall be ma de only of substances safe and suitable 
for their intended use. 
It also describes labe l requirements such as: 
 Name of the product followed by "food supplement for body building"; 
 List of ingredients; 
 Nutritional value or facts in 100g or 100ml or serving as quantified on the label; G/TBT/N/BHR/230 
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   Name and address of manufacturer  and country of manufacture; 
 Instructions and age of use; 
 Statement ''Not given except with the consent of a doctor or a dietician"; 
 Cautionary statement if needed, especially in situations that may cause allergic 
reactions to certain individuals; 
 Net weight or volume and in ca se of tablets, the number of tablets shall be declared; 
 Date of production and expiration date; 
 The statement ''Keep away from reach of children"; 
 Conditions of storage; and 
 Labelling and adjoining explanatory statements shall be in Arabic and, where another 
language is used, it shall be alongside th e Arabic.  All the information provided in 
another language shall be identical to that written in Arabic. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To 
maintain consumer protection and food safety.  
8. Relevant documents:    
 GSO "General Requirements for Body Building Foods ". 
 CAC/GL 55-2005 "Guidelines for vita min and mineral food supplements" 
 Elements of Chemistry - General organic and Biological, Robert S. Boikess 
 -1986, Prentice-Hall 
 FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Body Bu ilding Products Market ed as Containing 
Steroids or Steroid-like Substances - July 28, 2009.   
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 addresses, if available of the other body: