. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BHR/91 
30 April 2010 
 (10-2339) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Food Control Section, Ministry of Health 
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:  67.000 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Infants Formula and Formula for Special Medical 
Purposes Intended for Infants  Language:  Arabic and English  Number of pages:  32 and 
30, respectively   
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation concerns infants formula as well as 
the formula intended for special medical pur poses.  It specifies the description, essential 
composition and quality factors, food additives, contaminants, hygiene, labelling, methods 
of analysis and sampling. 
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) CAC 72 "Infants Formula and Formula for Special Medical 
Purposes Intended for Infants" 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [X] No G/SPS/N/BHR/91 
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   If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The regulation conforms to the CAC 72 with some technical 
modifications as follows: 
− Adding a clause for complementary references;  and 
− Adding a clause that allow the addition of lutein to infants formula 
(section 4/2/5). 
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
− Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code – Amendment No. 108 -2009   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  29 June 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ms Nujood Khalifa Al-Muqahwi 
Food Control Specialist Ministry of Health P.O. BOX:  12 – Manama Kingdom of Bahrain 
Tel:  +(973) 1727 3683 
Fax:  +(973) 1727 9253 E-mail:  PHD@health.gov.bh Website:  http://www.moh.gov.bh
 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Ms Nujood Khalifa Al-Muqahwi 
Food Control Specialist 
Ministry of Health 
P.O. BOX:  12 – Manama Kingdom of Bahrain Tel:  +(973) 1727 3683 Fax:  +(973) 1727 9253 
E-mail:  PHD@health.gov.bh 
Website:  http://www.moh.gov.bh