. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BHR/158 
23 October 2009  
 (09-5248) 
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:  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@commerce.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):  Canned Carrots 
(ICS:  67.080) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Canned Carrots 
(Arabic, 18 pages; English, 13 pages).     
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation spec ifies the requirements stated in 
the Gulf standard (GSO) “Canned Carrots” unde r clauses 14 and 16 (labelling and packaging) 
as mandatory requirements. It states that the containers shall be clean, hygienic, suitable, dry and hermetically sealed. In the case where tin cans are used.  
Taking into consideration the requirements specified under “labelling for pre-packaged 
foodstuffs”, the draft regulation desc ribes label requirements as follows: 
- The name of the product shall be “Carrots”; 
- The style, as appropriate, shall be declared as part of the name or in close proximity to the 
name: “Whole”, “Baby whole”, “Sliced Lengthwise”, “Finger cut”,  “Ring Cut”, “Diced”, “Julienne”, “French Style”, “Shoestring”, “D ouble Diced”, “chunks”,  Pieces”, “Sliced”, 
“Cuts”, “Halved”, “Quartered”; 
- Other styles: If the product is produced in accordance with the other styles provision, the 
label shall contain in close proximity to the name of the product such additional words or phrases that will avoid  mislead ing or confusing the consumer; G/TBT/N/BHR/158 
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  - The name of the product may include the variety or type of the carrots used or the phrase 
“crinkle cut” to describe the corrugated cut or slice, except that the variety “ Paris carrot” shall be declared as “Round” carrots; 
- A declaration of any special sauce, vegeta ble and/or seasoning which characterizes the 
product, e.g. “With X”, when appropriate shall be made. If margarine is  used, the declaration 
shall be “in margarine Sauce”. If the declaration is “With (or “In) Butter Sauce”, the fat used 
shall only be butter fat. If chee se sauce is used, the declaration shall be “In cheese Sauce” 
where the variety name of the cheese may accompany the word “cheese’; 
- If canned carrots are vacuum packed, this fact shall be declared on the label as Vacuum 
pack” or “vacuum packed”. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To maintain consumer protection and food safety.  
8. Relevant documents:    
- GSO ‘Canned Carrots’; 
- CODEX STAN 116-1981;  - GSO 1038 “Carrots”. 
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 po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body: