. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRB/1
4 March 2003
(03-1247)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BARBADOS
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Foreign Trade
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
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):   Meat and Poultry
Parts/cuts and fish and fishery products (ICS No 67.120.10, 67.120.20;  67.120.30)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Barbados National
Standard Specification for Labelling of Prepackaged Meat and Poultry Parts/Cuts and Fish
and Fishery Products:  BNS 5 Part 7:  2002 (28 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   The standard describes the labelling requirements for prepackaged
meat and poultry parts/cuts and fish and fisheries products to be offered for sale to the
consumer, or for catering purposes and to certain aspects relating to the presentation.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
The purposes of the technical regulations are to:
(i) properly identify parts and cuts of meat and poultry being sold in Barbados;
(ii) eliminate unsafe handling practices for meat, poultry and fishery products which
involve thawing of frozen bulk packages followed by repackaging and refreezing;
(iii) provide adequate information to and to protect consumers.
8. Relevant documents:
(a) Codex Alimentarius Food Labelling complete texts (Revised 1999) – CAC
(b) The Meat Buyers Guide – National Association of Meat Purveyors (USA)(c) USDA Trade Description for Poultry – USDA.G/TBT/N/BRB/1
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 January 2003
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 May 2003
10. Final date for comments:   18 April 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Barbados National Standards Institution
"Flodden"
Culloden Road
St. MichaelBarbados
Tel: +246 426 3870
Fax: +246 436 1495
Email: office@bnsi.com.bb