RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.87
28March 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0719)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAPAN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Minister ofAgriculture, Forestry andFisheries.
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): Cooked anddried fish
andfishmeal"Niboshi andNiboshi Meal" (HS: 1604.13)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Establishment oftheQuality
Labelling Standards forCooked andDried FishandFishMeal "Niboshi andNiboshi
Meal". (Available inJapanese, 6pages)
6. Description ofcontent: (1)The definition ofcooked anddried fishandfishmeal
"Niboshi andNiboshi Meal" willbeestablished.
(2) TheFollowing items shallbeindicated collectively:
(a) thename offood
(b) thelistofingredients
(c) netcontents
(d) thedateofminimum durability
(e) thestorage instructions
(f) thecountry oforigin (incaseofimports)
(g) thename ofmanufacturer
(h) other related items
(3) Themethod oflabelling andtheprohibited items oflabelling willbeestablished.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer protection
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8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheLawConcerning Standardization andProper
Labelling ofAgricultural andForest Products.
Thesaidamendment willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)
when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notyetdetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 30May1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: