. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BHR/46 
29 May 2009 
 (09-2613) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  HS Code 2106, ICS Code 67.100 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Complementary Foods Based on Milk for Infants and 
Children "Follow-Up Formula"  Language:  Arabic and English  Number of pages:  17 
and 10 respectively 
6. Description of content:  This Draft Technical Regulation is concerned with 
complementary foods based on milk for infants and children in liquid or powdered form.  It 
does not apply to foods which are mother's m ilk substitute and are used from the birth 
which are covered by GSO standard for in fant foods based on milk.  Definitions, 
requirements, sampling, methods of test and ex amination, packing, transportation, storage, 
labelling. 
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:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ X ] None G/SPS/N/BHR/46 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  SASO 
STANDARD 1904/2001  Complementary foods based on milk for infants and children 
"follow-up formula" 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined.  
Propose 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 ):  28 July 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Mr. Ahmed Abdulrahman Almannai 
Senior Food Control Specialist Ministry of Health 
P.O. Box 12 - Manama 
Kingdom of Bahrain Tel:  +(973) 1727 3683 Fax:  +(973) 1727 9253 E-mail:  webmaster@health.gov.bh 
Website:  www.moh.gov.bh
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National Notification Authority, [   ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Mr. Ahmed Abdulrahman Almannai  
Senior Food Control Specialist Ministry of Health P.O. Box 12 - Manama 
Kingdom of Bahrain 
Tel:  +(973) 1727 3683 Fax:  +(973) 1727 9253 E-mail:  webmaster@health.gov.bh Website:  www.moh.gov.bh