. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/PHL/68 
3 November 2006 
 (06-5313) 
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:   PHILIPPINES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Bureau of Product Standards, Department of Trade & 
Industry/Bureau of Food and Drugs/Department of Health 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
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):   Citrus Beverage 
Products (ICS:  67.160.01) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Philippine 
National Standard (DPNS) xxxx:2006 – Ph ilippine Citrus Beverage Products – 
Specification. 
6. Description of content:   This notification shall apply to Philippine citrus - calamansi  
(Microcarpa Bunge ) and dalandan  (Citrus aurantium ), beverages including ready-to-drink 
(RTD), concentrated juices in powder and li quid forms, sweetened and unsweetened juices 
made from sound calamansi  and dalandan  fruits preserved exclusively by physical means. 
Preservation by physical means does not include i onizing radiation.  Other Philippine citrus 
varieties may also be used provided they conform with the standards stated herein. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
For consumers protection. 
8. Relevant documents:    
A.O. No. 88-A s. 1984. Regulations for Food Additives in the Philippines. Bureau of Food 
and Drugs. Department of Health. Alab ang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. 
A.O. No. 153 s. 2004. Guidelines, Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, 
Packing, Repacking or Holding Food. Bureau  of Food and Drugs. Department of Health. 
Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. 
Association of Analytical Chemists. Official  Methods of Analysis Manual. 16th ed., 1995. 
AOAC International. 481 North Frederick Av e., Suite 500, Gaithers burg, MD 20877-2417. 
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  Codex Standard 247-2005. Codex General Sta ndard for Fruit Juices and Nectars. Codex 
Alimentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture Organization. Viale delle Terme di 
Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. 
Codex Standard 45-1981. Code x Standard for Orange Juice Preserved Exclusively by 
Physical Means. Codex Alimentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture Organization. Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. 
Codex Standard 134-1981. Codex Standard for Nectars of Certain Citrus Fruits Preserved 
Exclusively by Physical Means. Codex Alim entarius Commission. Food and Agriculture 
Organization. Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. 
FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commissi on Manual. 1995. Codex Alimentarius 
Commission. Food and Agriculture Organiza tion. Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 
Rome, Italy. 
Food, definition. ALINORM 04/27/41, para. 88 and Appendix VI. 2005. Codex 
Alimentarius Commission. Food and Agriculture Organization. Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. 
Philippine National Standards No. 991:1993.  Agricultural and Other Food Products – 
Bottled Drinking Water Specifications. Bureau of  Product Standards. Department of Trade 
and Industry. Makati City, Philippines. 
Revised Regulatory Guidelines on Food Add itives in the Philippines. www.bfad.gov.ph.  
Revised Regulatory Guidelines on Food Add itives in the Philippines. www.bfad.gov.ph. 
Canning Tomatoes and Tomato Products. www.EESC.ORST.EDU. The International Framework for fo od Description.  WWW.LANGUAL.ORG  
Royal Horticultural Society.  www.rhs.or g.uk/Databases/HortDatabase.asp?ID=66731.  
Philippine Medicinal Plants. www.st uartxchange.com/Dalandan.html 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Year 2007 
10. Final date for comments:   25 December 2006 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Services 
Bureau of Product Standards Department of Trade and Industry 361 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue 
Makati City, Metro Manila 
Tel.:  (+632) 751-4749; 751-3125 E-mail:  bps@dti.gov.ph