. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/ISR/518 
25 July 2011  
 (11-3732) 
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 6.1:  Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs : Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and 
other species) - Technique us ing Baird-Parker agar medium (7 pages in Hebrew and 
17 pages in English). 
 SI 885 part 6.2:  Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs : Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and 
other species) - Technique using rabbit plas ma fibrinogen agar medium (7 pages in 
Hebrew and 13 pages in English). 
 SI 885 part 6.3:  Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs : Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci ( Staphylococcus aureus  and 
other species) - Detection and MPN techni que for low numbers (8 pages in Hebrew 
and 11 pages in English). 
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 885 part 6 to be replaced 
with SI 885 parts 6.1, 6.2, and part 6.3. Thes e draft standard revisions adopt the following 
International Standards:  
 SI 885 part 6.1 adopts the Internationa l Standard ISO 6888-1 - First edition: 
1999-02-15 and its Amendment 1: 2003-07-01. G/TBT/N/ISR/518 
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   SI 885 part 6.2 adopts the Internationa l Standard ISO 6888-2 - First edition: 
1999-02-15 and its Amendment 1: 2003-07-01. 
 SI 885 part 6.3 adopts the Internationa l Standard ISO 6888-3 - First edition: 
2003-03-15 and its Corrected version 2004-01-15. 
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 6 (Jun e 1986) + Amendment 1 (November 1999).   
 International Standard ISO 6888-1 - Firs t edition: 1999-02-15 + Amendment 1: 
2003-07-01. 
 International Standard ISO 6888-2 - First edition: 2003-07-15.  
 International Standard ISO 6888-3 - First edition: 2003-08-01 + Corrected version 
2004-01-15. 
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/SI885Part6-1.pdf  
 SI 885 part 6.2:  http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc/tkina/SI885Part6-2.pdf  
 SI 885 part 6.3:  http://www2.moital.gov.il/cmstamat/rsrc/tkina/SI885Part6-3.pdf