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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/EEC/223
2 December 2003
(03-6400)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Commission of the European Communities, Health & Consumer
Protection Directorate-General.   Directorate D:  Food Safe ty – Production and Distribution
Chain
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 cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children
including goods circulating under CN headings 1901; 2104; 2106.  ICS 67.230
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Member States of the European Communitie s (EEC) and third countries exporting the
products concerned to the EEC.
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   SANCO/0983/2002
Rev.5 Draft Commission Regulation amending  Regulation (EC) No.466/2001 as regards
aflatoxins and ochratoxin A in foods for infants and young children (4 pages)
6. Description of content:  This draft Regulation establishes for food for infants and young
children and ingredients used for the manufacture of these foods maximum levels for
aflatoxin B1, aflatoxin M1 and ochratoxin A:
for aflatoxin B1 in baby foods and cereal based foods for infants and young children:
0.05 µg/kg;
for aflatoxin M1 in infant formulae and follow-on formulae: 0.025 µg/kg;
for ochratoxin A in baby foods and cereal-b ased foods for infants and young children:
0.3 µg/kg;
for ochratoxin, A ingredients for the manufactur e of baby foods and cereal based foods for
infants and young children : 0.5 µg/kg.
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  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/EEC/223
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  European
Commission Document SANC O/0983/2002 Rev.5 Draft Commi ssion Regulation amending
Regulation (EC) No.466/2001 as regards aflatoxins  and ochratoxin A in foods for infants and
young children (Available in all EC languages).  When adopted it will be published at the
Official Journal available at:
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/oj/index.html
10. Proposed date of adoption:   January 2004
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   April 2004
12. Final date for comments:  Forty five (45) days after the date of notification
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments:  [ X ] EC notification authority,
[   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of
other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] EC enquiry point, or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: