. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/OMN/107 
7 February 2011  
 (11-0605) 
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:  OMAN
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:    
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 Commerce & Industry,  
Directorate General for Standards and Metrology (DGSM) P.O. Box:  550, Postal Code:  113 Tel.:  +(968) 2481 3832 Fax:  +(968) 2471 5992 
E-mail:  mailto:nepic@business.gov.om
 
Website:  http://www.mocioman.gov.om  
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, 
HS 25 01 00 10 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  "Food Grade Salt" 
(10 pages in Arabic, 9 pages in English) 
6. Description of content:   
This draft GSO technica l regulation applies to salt used as an ingredient of food, the 
requirements under cl auses 10 & 11 (packaging & labelling) ar e mandatory.  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". G/TBT/N/OMN/107 
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  • 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 ferro cyanide salts, added to the brine during the 
crystallization step, the term "dendritic" could be included accompanying the name. 
• 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 sh all be declared properly on the label, for 
example "salt fluoridated", "salt iodated", "sa lt 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 consumer protection and food safety  
8. Relevant documents:    
– Codex Standard 150 "Standard for Food Grade Salt" 
– WHO/NUT/96.13 for the year 2007 
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:    
National Enquiry Point and Information Centre (NEPIC) 
P.O. Box:  550 Postal code:  113 Muscat 
Sultanate of Oman 
Tel.:  +(968) 2481 7252 Fax:  +(968) 2481 7040 E-mail:  mailto:nepic@business.gov.om
 
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