. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BHR/132 
1 July 2009  
 (09-3193) 
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 auth ority 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 1757 4880 Fax: +973 1753 0730 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):  Preserved Tomatoes  
(ICS 67.080.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Preserved Tomatoes 
(11 pages, in Arabic and 9 pages in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation spec ifies the requirements stated in 
the Gulf standard GSO/CAC 13 “Preserved Tomatoes” under clau se 8 and 9 (packaging and 
labelling) as mandatory requireme nts. It specifies the following:  
1. The container should be well filled with the product (including packing medium when 
appropriate) which should occ upy not less than 90% (min us any necessary head space 
according to good manufacturing practices) of th e water capacity of the container. The water 
capacity of the container is the volume of dist illed water at 20ºC whic h the sealed container 
will hold when completely filled; 
2. The drained weight of the product should be not less than 50%, calc ulated on the basis of 
the weight of distilled water at 20ºC which th e sealed container will hold when completely 
filled. 
It also describes label requirements such as:  
- Name of the product “Tomatoe s” ,“Peeled Tomatoes” , “Who le peeled Tomatoes”…etc.; 
- Styles and packing media and if there is an  added ingredient that  alters the flavour  G/TBT/N/BHR/132 
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  characteristic of the product,the name of the food shall be accompanied by the term 
“flavoured with X” or “X flavoured”; 
- The following may be stated on the label, the type: “solid pack” and the packing material: 
“juice” or other; 
- Expiration date a nd production date. 
In addition, the information for non-retail containe rs shall be given either on the container or 
in accompanying documents, except that the name  of the product, lot identification, and the 
name and address of the manufac turer, packer, distributor or importer, as well as storage 
instructions, shall appear on th e container. However, lot iden tification, and the name and 
address of the manufacturer, packer, distributor or import er may be replaced by an 
identification mark, provided that such a mark  is clearly identifiable with the accompanying 
documents.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
To maintain consumer protection and food safety.  
8. Relevant documents:   CODEX STAN 13 “Preserved Tomatoes”   
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: