. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BHR/40 
11 February 2009 
 (09-0670) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 2005, ICS Code 67.080 
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:  Kingdom of Bahrain - Bananas  Language:  Arabic and 
English  Number of pages:   12 pages in Arabic and 9 pages in English 
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2009/sps/BHR/09_0401_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/BHR/09_0401_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft applies to commercial varieties of Bananas grown 
from Musa  spp. (AAA) of the Musaceae family, in the green state, to be supplied fresh to 
consumer, after preparation and packaging.  Bananas intended for cooking only (plantains) 
or industrial processing are excluded.  Varietie s covered by this standard are included in 
the Annex.  Definitions, requirements, samp ling, methods of testing and examination, 
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:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  Codex Standard for Bananas  CODEX STAN 205-1997 
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None G/SPS/N/BHR/40 
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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:   
− GSO 123 "General Requirements for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables" 
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 ):  12 April 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. Abdulla Baqer 
Act. Chief, Food Control Section Ministry of Health P.O . Box 12.  Manama Kingdom of Bahrain 
Tel:  +(973) 1727 3683 
Fax:  +(973) 1727 9253 Website:  www.moh.gov.bh
 
E-mail:  webmaster@health.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. Abdulla Baqer  
Act. Chief, Food Control Section Ministry of Health P.O . Box 12.  Manama Kingdom of Bahrain 
Tel:  +(973) 1727 3683 
Fax:  +(973) 1727 9253 Website:  www.moh.gov.bh
 
E-mail:  webmaster@health.gov.bh