. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/QAT/221 
22 February 2011  
 (11-0915) 
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:  QATAR
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Standards and Metrology Department 
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 :   
Standards and Metrology Department – Ministry of Environment 
P.O. Box:  23277 Doha, Qatar  Tel.:  (+974) 44139 550 Fax:  (+974) 44139 543 
E-mail:  standard@qatar.net.qa
 
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):  Food grade salt (ICS: 
67.220.10) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Food grade salt (17 
pages in Arabic, 12 pages in English). 
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation spec ifies the requirements stated in 
the Gulf standard GSO 1843 "Food Grade Salt" under clauses 10 & 11 (packaging & 
labeling) as mandatory requirements. It specifies that:  
- Iodised salt should be packed in air tight bags of either high density polyethylene 
(HDPE) or polypropylene (PP) (laminated or non-laminated) or LDPE-lined jute bags 
(Grade 1803 DW jute bags lined with 150 gauge polyethylene sheet). 
- Bulk packing units should not exceed 50 kg. 
- Bags that have already been used for packing other articles such as fertilizers,  
cement, chemicals, etc. Should not be reused for packing iodised salt. 
It describes label requirements such as:  
- The name of the product, as declared on the label shall be "salt". 
- The name "salt" shall have in its close proxi mity a declaration of either "Food   Grade" 
or "Cooking Salt" or  "Table Salt". 
- Only when salt contains one or more ferroc yanide salts, added to the brine during the 
crystallization step, the term "dendritic" could be included accompanying the name. G/TBT/N/QAT/221 
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  - Where salt is used as a carrier for one or more nutrients, and sold as such for public 
health reasons, the name of the product shall be declared properly on the label, for example "salt fluoridated", "salt iodated", "salt iodized", "salt fortified with iron", "salt fortified with vitamins" an d so on, as appropriate. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To 
maintain quality of this product, consumer  protection and market ing relation of GCC 
countries and food safety.  
8. Relevant documents:   Codex Stan 150, 1985, Rev. 1:  1997, Amendments 3:2006 (Standard 
for Food Grade Salt). 
WHO/NUT/96.13 for the year 2007.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Upon publication in the of ficial journal     
Six months as from the date of application in 
the official journal 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after the date of distribution 
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: