ISR/1186
WTO/TBT
IL Israel
  • 67 - Food technology
  • 07 - Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
2021-05-28
2021-03-30

Frozen corn; (HS: 071040); (ICS: 67.080.01)

SI 877 Part 3.1 - Frozen vegetables and fruits: Frozen whole kernel corn (10 pages in Hebrew and 4 pages in English);

SI 877 Part 3.2 - Frozen vegetables and fruits: Frozen corn-on-the-cob (14 pages in Hebrew and 4 pages in English).

Revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 908 to be replaced with SI 877 part 3.1, dealing with the frozen whole kernel corn, and with SI 877 part 3.2, dealing with frozen corn-on-the-cob. This draft standard revision adopts the Annex on corn of the Codex Alimentarius Standard CXS 320-2015 (Revised in 2017), with a few changes and national deviations that appear in the standard's Hebrew section. The major changes introduced in this draft are as follows:

·         Divide the standard's scope into two separate subparts: Part 3.1 - dealing with frozen whole kernel corn and Part 3.2 - dealing with frozen corn-on-the-cob;

·         Changes the microbiological provisions and requires to comply with Israel Mandatory Standard SI 877 part 1;

·         Changes the test methods;

·         Changes the defect examination method;

·         Adds a new sampling method.

Both the old standard and this new revised standard will apply from the entry into force for a period of two years counted from the end of the calendar year of the publication in Israel's Official Gazette. During this transition period, should one choose to comply with the requirements of this new revision, he must also comply with the new labeling requirements.