  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/95 
13 April 2004 
 (04-1654) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English/ 
 French 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Health 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Canadian Enquiry 
Point, 200-270 Albert Street, Ottawa, Onta rio, Canada, K1P 6N7 Tel.:  +1 613 238 3222, 
Fax.:  +1 613 569 7808, E-mail:  info@scc.ca 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 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):   Colouring agents  
permitted for use in drugs (ICS: 11.120) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Proposed Amendment 
to the Food and Drug Regulations (1398 - Addition of Ferric Ferrocyanide to Paragraph C.01.040.2(4)( a)) (pages 1033-1035;  English and French) 
6. Description of content:   The Therapeutic Products Directorate proposes to add Ferric 
Ferrocyanide (Colour Index 77510) to the Food and Drug Regulations , 
paragraph C.01.040.2(4)( a), the list of colouring agents perm itted in drugs for external use.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Increase market access 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 3 April 2004 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }Not stated 
10. Final date for comments:   17 June 2004 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses,  if available of the other body:  The electronic 
version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:  
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2004/20040403/pdf/g1-13814.pdf  
 