. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BHR/208 
28 September 2010  
 (10-4923) 
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:  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
 
Web-site:  http://www.moic.gov.bh  
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):  Dried parsley 
(ICS:  67.220) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Dried parsley 
(10 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation spec ifies the requirements stated in 
the Gulf standard GSO "dried parsley" under clause 5 (pac kaging and labelling) as mandatory 
requirements. 
It specifies that parsley seeds should be packed  in clean, safe and dried package, made of 
material which does not affect the product and protect it fro m light and humidity.  It also 
specifies that containers used for packaging a nd storing bulk material shall be impermeable to 
air, such as tins, drums or sacks with imperm eable membranes or liners of colour and texture 
giving full protection against bright light.  For retail packs that do not exceed 1.0kg in net 
mass, the usual types of food packaging may be us ed, e.g., plastics tubes, glass jars, lever lid 
tins or polyethylene bags in boxes. 
It also describes label requirements as follows: 
– Name of the product (e.g., whole pa rsley seeds, parsley leaves); 
– The producer or packer name, addr ess, and trade mark if any; 
– Country of origin and the importer name and address; 
– The batch number; 
– The net mass (in g or kg); 
– A statement regarding any special treatm ent, e.g. fumigation or irradiation; 
– The production and expiration date. G/TBT/N/BHR/208 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To 
maintain consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
– GSO "Dried Parsley" 
– British Standard BS 7087 – 20/1997 "herbs and spices ready for food use - Part :  20 
specification for dr ied parsley (cut, r ubbed and ground)" 
– WHO:  quality control method for medicinal plan t materials "Geneva 1998" 
– Egyptian standard ES 7038/2009 "dried parsley" 
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 addresses, if available of the other body: