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BahrainProposed measure, open for comments

Food – Bahrain

Official title

BH-GSO Technical Regulation 'Guideline on Putting Calories on Food Establishments Menu’s Selling Away-From-Home Foods'

Bahrain notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 20 October 2026. Comments are open until 19 December 2026.

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At a glance

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Putting Calories on Food Establishments Menu’s Selling Away-From-Home Foods (ICS: 67.040)

Notifying member
Bahrain(Bahrain, Kingdom of)
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Other
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/BHR/797
ICS classification
  • 67.040 Food products in general
Keywords
Food standards

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 19 December 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined
Proposed entry into force
Generally, six months after publication in the Official Gazette

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 19 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/BHR/797 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to Bahrain.

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What the notification says

1.1 This standard is concerned with the requirements for placing calories in the list of meals for food establishments that provide food to the consumer outside the home. 2.1 This standard applies to all food establishments, Such as (a chain of restaurants, cafes Ice cream shops, fresh fruit juice shops, bakeries, pastries, cafeterias, chain Restaurants, cafes, fresh fruit juice shops, and bakeries inside the shops supermarkets, amusement parks, and in colleges, universities, and government agencies).

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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