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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/NZL/187
27 November 2002
(02-6547)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NEW ZEALAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Food Standards Australi a New Zealand (FSANZ)
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable): Processed foods in general, and in particular food derived from Insect-
Protected, Glufosinate-Ammonium To lerant Corn (maize) Line 1507
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: All
Countries.  Imported (as well as domestica lly produced) foods sold in New Zealand.
5.Title, language and number of pages of the notified document: Initial Assessment for
Application A446 – F ood derived from Insect-Protected, Glufosinate-Ammonium Tolerant
Corn (maize) Line 1507 (available in English, 10 pages).
6. Description of content:  FSANZ has received an application to amend the Australia
New Zealand Food Standards Code to approve food derived form a corn line 1507
genetically modified to produce a Bt protein (CRY1F) that confers protection against attack
by certain lepidopteran insect pests, and a PAT protein for tolerance to glufosinate-ammonium herbicide.
Foods produced using gene technology are required to undergo a pre-market assessment of
their safety, to ensure that they are as safe as their conventional counterparts.
All applications to change the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code , must be
assessed in the context of the following objectives:  (a) the protection of public health and
safety;  (b) the provision of adequate information relating to food to enable consumers to
make informed choices;  and (c) the prevention of misleading or deceptive conduct.
If application A446 is approved the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code will be
amended to permit foods derived from corn line 1507 genetically modified to produce a Bt
protein (CRY1F).
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:G/SPS/N/NZL/187
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9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available: New Zealand Food
Regulations 1984, Australian Food Standards Code  (both in English), Standard 1.5.2.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Recommendation to Government anticipated to be made mid–
2003, adoption to follow  pending Government approval.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Date of entry after Government approval.
12. Final date for comments:  20 January 2003
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Food Standards Australia New Zealand
PO Box 10559 / 108 The Terrace
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
Tel: +64 4 4739942
Fax: + 64 4 473 9855
E-mail:info@foodstandards.govt.nz
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority,  [   ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  Documents are
available from the Food Standards Australia New Zealand website:
(www.foodstandards.gov.au) .
Copies are also available from:
New Zealand SPS Notification Authority/National Enquiry Point
PO Box 2526 / 101-103 The Terrace
Wellington
NEW ZEALAND
Tel: +64 4 474 4226
Fax: +64 4 470 2730
E-mail: sps@maf.govt.nz
Website: http://www.maf.govt.nz /sps/transparency/notifications/index.htm