One serious obstacle to the TBT Agreement is the fact that only one entity in the world, the FAO/WHO JMPS, can conduct a conformity assessment of a product to the standard since only the JMPS has access to the confidential information contained in the standard. This is a serious operational bottleneck since the JMPS does not have the resources to evaluate conformity assessments on a timely basis. The rate at which specifications are evaluated and determined by the JMPS was presented, demonstrating a real capacity of fewer than five specifications per year.