. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/BHR/245 
13 July 2011  
 (11-3476) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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  
Website:  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):  Fried corn chips 
(corn, tortilla chips and taco shells), ICS: 67.060 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Fried corn chips 
(corn, tortilla chips and taco shells) (11 pages in Arabic; 9 pages in English). 
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation spec ifies the requirements stated in 
the Gulf standard GSO "Fried corn chips (corn,  tortilla chips and taco shells)" under clauses 
7 & 9 (packaging & labelling) as mandatory requirements such that:  
 The product shall be packaged in suitable, moisture proof, airtight, and not 
previously used containers which should not affect the quality of the product.  
 The product may be packaged under vacuum or nitrogen. 
It describes label requirements such as :  
 Name of the product: Corn Chips, Tortilla Chips, taco shells or similar products. 
 Type of oil used in frying. 
 Food additives. 
 Production and expiration dates "month-year". 
 Labelling and adjoining explanatory statem ents shall be in Arabic and, where 
another language is used, it shall be alongside the Arabic. All the information 
provided in another language shall be identical to that written in Arabic. G/TBT/N/BHR/245 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  To 
maintain consumer protection and food safety  
8. Relevant documents:    
 GSO  "Fried corn chips (corn, to rtilla chips and taco shells)". 
 Johnson, A. L. (1991). Corn: Production, Processing, and utilization. Ch. 2. In 
Handbook of Cereal Science and Technology,  edited by Lorenze , K.J. and Kulp, 
K. Marcel Dekker INC, New york, New york, U.S.A. pp. 63-64. 
 Maga , A.J (1991). Cereal - based snack Foods. Ch. 20. In Handbook of cereal 
science and Technology, edited by Lorens, K.J. and Kulp, K. Marcel Dakker, INC, 
New york , U.S.A. pp. 695-797. 
 Rooney, W.L and Serna-Sallivar, S. (1987) Food uses of whole corn and dry - 
milled Fractions. Ch. 13. In Corn chemis try and Technology, edited by Watson S.A 
and Ramstad, P.E. American Association of Cereal chemists, INC. St. Paul, 
Minnesota. U.S.A. pp. 410-419.  
 Gulf Standard GSO No. 286: Fried Potatoes. 
   
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 addres ses, if available of the other body: