Could you expand on this? Every big country uses product standards this way, and indeed a product standard is by definition a barrier (if it's mandatory, noting that many standards are not materially limiting from market access).
For example, in the early days of NAFTA Mexico tried limiting imports of US high fructose corn syrup on the basis of safety, health, and quality standards, but ultimately because HFCS is subsidized by the US government and competes with Mexican cane sugar. A few years later, Mexico tried outright taxing food products containing HFCS. In both these episodes, the
WTO ruled against Mexico.
Meanwhile, the US has many extant sanitary/quality standards buffering its own agricultural and animal product industries.