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30 April 2020  
(20-3363) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  JAMAICA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Bureau of Standards Jamaica  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Regional and In ternational Trade Branch  
6 Winchester Road  
Kingston 10  
Jamaica W.I.  
Email: tbtenquirypoint@bsj.org.jm  
Website: http://www.bsj.org.jm  
Tel.: 1 (876) 926 -3140-5/618 -1534/ 632-4275 
Fax: 1 (876) 929 -4736 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [X], 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):  Instant 
hand sanitizers; Surface active agents (ICS 71.100.40)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Standard 
Specification for Instant hand sanitizers (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Ja maican Standard prescribes the requirements for alcohol 
based instant hand sanitizers. The standard does not cover non -alcohol based hand 
sanitizers.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The alcohol contain ed within hand sanitizers, when rubbed on the surface of 
skin is effective in killing 99.9% of dangerous germs on the skin. A concentration of 60% 
to 80% alcohol in a hand sanitizing product is recommended. This standard ensures that 
there are some minimum  criteria for judging the performance of instant hand sanitizers 
thus ensuring that the consumer gets a product that can destroy micro -organisms which 
are potentially harmful to health.  
8. Relevant documents:   
A notice of the Standard Speciﬁcation for Instant hand sanitizers will appear in The 
Jamaica Gazette Supplement - Proclamations, Rules and Regulations. The document will 
appear as a Jamaican Standard Specification, with mandatory status, and will be available 
for sale.  G/TBT/N/JAM/93  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  5 May 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  5 May 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  3 May 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The full text of the proposed technical regulation (mandatory standard) can be directly 
accessed on the website of the Bureau Standards Jamaica: http://www.bsj.org.jm  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/JAM/20_3017_00_e.pdf  
 