1.

Notifying Member: Kingdom of 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): Black tea (ICS Code: 67.140)

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners  

[ ]       Specific regions or countries:  

5.

Title of the notified document: Black Tea  Language(s): Arabic and English  Number of pages: 8 and 5

6.

Description of content: This Draft Technical Regulation concerns processed black tea and does not include flavoured (scented) tea, green tea, and instant tea.

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 standard? If so, identify the standard:

[ ]       Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard or related text)  

[ ]       World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)  

[ ]       International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  

[X]     None

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:

·         ISO 3720:2011 "Black tea - Definition and basic requirements"

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed 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): 5 April 2014

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Mr Mohammed Alhaddaq

Ministry of Health

P.O. Box: 12 - Manama

Kingdom of Bahrain

Tel: +(973) 1727 3683

Fax: +(973) 1727 9253

E-mail: mhaddaq@health.gov.bh

Website: http://www.moh.gov.bh

13.

Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Mr Mohammed Alhaddaq

Ministry of Health

P.O. Box: 12 - Manama

Kingdom of Bahrain

Tel: +(973) 1727 3683

Fax: +(973) 1727 9253

E-mail: mhaddaq@health.gov.bh

Website: http://www.moh.gov.bh