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WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/JPN/4
ORGANIZATION 12September 1995
(95-2613)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAPAN
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofHealth andWelfare
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with
theWTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Food additives
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Proposed listofexisting food additives
(available inEnglish, 52pages)
5. Description ofcontent: TheMinistry ofHealth andWelfare willspecify thescope ofthefood
additives (i.e., those which hadalready been sold, orotherwise treated withintent tosellonthe
dateofthepromulgation oftheamended Law, excluding chemically synthesized food additives,
natural flavoring agents, andsubstances which arebothgenerally provided foreating or
drinking asfoods andused asfood additives) which arenotsubject totheprovisions of
Article 6oftheamended Food Sanitation Law. TheMinistry haspublished aproposed listof
existing food additives describing thespecified scope andenacted theMinistry ofHealth and
Welfare Ordinance prescribing theprocedure required tomake proposition forthecorrection of
thesame list.
6. Objective andrationale: Protection ofpublic health
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [X].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents: Announcement willappear in"KAMPO" (Official Government Gazette)
when adopted.
9. Proposed date ofadoption andentry intoforce: Notlater than23April 1996
10. Final date forcomments: 10February 1996 (based onparagraph 2,Article 2ofthe
Supplementary Provisions toLawNo.101, 1995, "theLawConcerning Amendments tothe
Food Sanitation LawandNutrition Improvement Law")
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: