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WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.187
14June1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1600)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CANADA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Health Canada
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): Erythrosine 67.220.20,
67.120.30
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment totheFood
andDrug Regulations (pages 1701-1703)
6. Description ofcontent: Provision currently exists intheFood andDrug Regulations for
theuseoferythrosine inawidevariety offoods including smoked fish,lobster paste and
fishroe(caviar). However, there isnoprovision fortheuseofthiscolouring agent in
salted fishproducts.
Two ethnic products, namely Bagoong Alarnang (salted shrimp) and
Bagoong Monamon (salted scadandsalted anchovy) contain added erythrosine when
manufactured intheircountry oforigin.
Thisamendment provides fortheuseoferythrosine asafoodcolouring agent at
amaximum level125ppminsalted scad, salted anchovy andsalted shrimp.
7. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhealth
8. Relevant documents: Canada Gazette, PartI,20May1995
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Notstated
10. Final dateforcomments: 3August 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: