. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/LCA/9
1 December 2003
(03-6353)
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:   SAINT LUCIA
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards
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):   Ketchup, HS2103.201
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   *SLNS 32:2000-
Specification for Ketchup (26 pages, in English)
6. Description of content:   This standard prescribes the requirements for ketchup, catsup
(catsup hereinafter referred to as ketchup) made from the juice, paste, puree or any
combination of these which have been derived from clean and sound tomato, banana,
pumpkin, christopherine or other suitable vegetable material.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To set levels of quality for ketchup manufactured or traded within Saint Lucia.
8. Relevant documents:   This standard was derived from the Jamaican Standard Specification
for ketchup, JS 88:  with additional reference to the Code of Federal Regulations for Catsup,
sec. 155, 194, Food and Drug Administration, De partment of Health and Human Services,
Trinidad and Tobago.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }In force
10. Final date for comments:   In forceG/TBT/N/LCA/9
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS)
TBT Enquiry PointHeraldine Rock Building, 4
th floor
John Compton Highway
Castries
Saint Lucia
West Indies
Tel.: (758) 4530049, 4560546, 4684235
Fax: (758) 4523561
E-mail: slbs@candw.lc
Website: www.slbs.org.lc