WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.216
12July1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2732)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAMAICA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2): N/A
2. Agency responsible: TheBureau ofStandards (Jamaica) JBS
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Jerkseasoning
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Standard Specification
forJerkSeasoning, approximately 18pages
6. Description ofcontent: Provides quality requirements andastandard ofidentity forjerk
seasoning. Included aredefinitions ofrelevant terms, product classification,
requirements forrawmaterials (notified under theTBT Agreement), chemical and
microbiological specifications (notified under theSPSAgreement).
7. Objective andrationale: Toprovide information forthefoodindustry andprotect the
consumer atlocalandinternational levels.
8. Relevant documents: TheDaily Gleaner, 24April 1995, page5a.When adopted, the
document willappear asaJamaican National Standard which willbeavailable forsale.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:October 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: July1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
TheBureau ofStandards
6Winchester Road
P.O.Box113
Kingston 10 Tel: (809) 926-3140-5; 968-2063-71
JAMAICA W.I. Fax: (809) 929-4736