WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.125
9May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1822)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: National Food Authority
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Canned foods forinfants
andyoung children
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document:
Explanatory Notes -Application A281 (6pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Anapplication toamend theAustralian Food Standards Code to
varycertain compositional andlabelling requirements which apply where areference is
made inthelabeltoasource ofanimal protein.
7. Objective andrationale: Tofacilitate trade andconsistency with international food
standards
8. Relevant documents: Australian Food Standards Code, Standard R5-Canned Foods for
Infants andYoung Children
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Recommendation toGovernment by19July1996
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: Tobedecided
10. Final dateforcomments: Thedomestic closing dateforcomments is29May1996.
However, comments from Members willbeaccepted until 5June 1996 ifnotice of
intention tocomment isreceived bythedomestic closing date.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: Quoting Application Number A281