. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/BHR/277 
23 April 2012  
 (12-2154) 
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/moic/ar  
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):  Athletic food 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  General requirements 
for athletic food (14 pages in Arabic  and 11 pages in English)     
6. Description of content:  This Draft Technical Regulation spec ifies the requirements stated in 
the Gulf Standard "GSO Gene ral requirements for athlet ic food" under clauses 5 & 7 
(packaging & labelling) as mandatory requirement s such that the product shall be packed in 
hygienic containers which protects the characteristics and quality of the product. In addition container and packaging material shall be made  only safe substances and suitable for their 
intended use.  
It also describes label requirements as follows: 
- Name of the product followed by food supplemen ts for athletes with  references to the 
 category of nutrient "amino acids,  vitamin, minerals" if necessary; 
- List of ingredients involved in production; - Nutritional value or facts in 100 g or 100 ml  or serving as quantified on the label; 
- Name and address of manufa cturer, country of manufactur e, name of registration 
 body and registration number if possible; 
- Name and address of the importer, name  of registration body a nd registration number 
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  - Instructions and age of use; 
- Statement "not given except with the consent of a doctor or dieticians"; 
- Cautionary statements if needed, especially in situations that may cause allergic  reactions to certain individuals; - Net weights or volume and in the case of  tables, the number of tablets shall be 
 declared; 
- Date of production and expiration date; 
- The statements "Keep away from reach of children"; - Conditions of storage; - 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 with those 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 athletic food".   
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 addres ses, if available of the other body: