G/SPS/N/BGD/1  
14 July 2023  
(23-4765) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BANGLADESH  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Bangladesh Food Safety Authority  
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):  Food products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Food Safety (Chemical Contaminants and Toxins) 
Regulation, 2023 . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  16 
6. Description of content:  Food and feed contamination can potentially jeopardize human 
and/or animal well -being and may also adversely affect the overall quality of the food or 
feed. There are multiple factors and mechanisms through which food and feed can become 
contaminated. This draft Food Safety (Chemical Contaminants and Toxins) Regulat ion 
2023 has been formulated for controlling use of contaminants in food and feed. 
This regulation contains maximum levels of contaminants and toxins (heavy metals, 
radionuclides, nitrates, PCBs, Dioxin, mycotoxins and other toxin) in food and feed. 
It consists of seven schedules which contain name of the contaminants, name of the article 
of food and maximum levels for that particular food articles. In order to establish 
maximum levels of chemical contaminants and toxins in relation to the manufacturing, 
handling, importation, promotion, or distribution of any food item not specified in 
schedule -1 to schedule -7, it is required to adhere to the maximum level specified in the 
most recent version of Codex CXS 193 -1995 or an internationally acknowledged standard . 
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. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, ident ify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CODEX Standard CXS 193 -1995 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/BGD/1  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : They shall come into force after six month from the date of their 
publication in the Official Gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from  the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 September 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of o ther body:   
Sourav Singha  
Scientific Officer (Certification section)  
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority  
BSL Office Complex (Building -2) 
119, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbagh, Dhaka -1000 
Tel: +(880 22) 2222 7596  
Mobile: +(880 16) 7639 7266  
E-mail: sps@bfsa.gov.bd  
Website: http://www.bfsa.gov.bd/  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Sourav Singha  
Scientific Officer (Certification section)  
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority  
BSL Office Complex (Building -2) 
119, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbagh, Dhaka -1000 
Tel: +(880 22) 2222 7596  
Mobile: +(880 16) 7639 7266 
E-mail: sps@bfsa.gov.bd  
Website: http://www.bfsa.gov.bd/