. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NZL/6
31 January 2002
(02-0486)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   NEW ZEALAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA)
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:           
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 applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Food derived from
glyphosate-tolerant corn line NK603.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Variation to the
Food Standards Code  (1 page) and Draft Statement of Reasons (1 page), being Attachments
1 and 2 respectively to ANZFA Application A416 - Food derived from Glyphosate-tolerant
Corn Line NK603, in English.
6. Description of content:   Draft amendments to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards
Code and explanation of reasons therefor.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
ANZFA received on 29 May 2000 an application to amend the Australia New Zealand Food
Standards Code  to approve the use of food products derived from Corn Line NK603 that
has been genetically modified for tolerance to the herbicide glyphosate. ANZFA has formed
the view on the basis of the data submitted to it that the introduced genes in glyphosate-
tolerant corn line NK 603 pose no additional public health and safety risk as compared with
conventional corn, and that food derived from it is as safe and wholesome as food derivedfrom other commercial varieties of corn.  U nder Standard A18 of Volume 1 of the Code,
and Standard 1.5.2 of Volume 2 of the Code, the sale or use of foods produced using gene
technology is prohibited unless they are included in the Tables to clause 2 of each of the
abovementioned Standards.  Accordingly, ANZFA has proposed draft variations to those
tables to permit sale and use of foods derived from Corn Line NK603 that has been
genetically modified for tolerance to glyphosate.
8. Relevant documents:   ANZFA Application A416 - Food derived from Glyphosate-tolerant
Corn Line NK603; Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code ; (re labelling of food
respectively derived from and produced using gene technology) G/TBT/Notif.99/244 andG/TBT/Notif.99/582.G/TBT/N/NZL/6
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9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Recommendation to Government expected tobe made mid-2002 .  Date of entry into force
dependent on that of Government approval.
10. Final date for comments:   15 March 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
ANZFA Application A416 and the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code  are
available from the Australia New Zealand Food Authority website ( www.anzfa.gov.au ).
Also available from:
Australia New Zealand Food Authority
PO Box 10559
The Terrace
WELLINGTON   6036
NEW ZEALAND
Tel: (04) 473 9942
Fax: (04) 473 9855
email: anzfa.nz@anzfa.gov.au   
G/TBT/Notif.99/244 and G/TBT/Notif.99/582 ar e both available from the WTO Documents
online facility at http://docsonline.wto.org/gen_search.asp
This document is also being notified by Australia.