G/SPS/N/CAN/1090/Add.1  
7 November  2023 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum   
The following communication, received on 6 November 2023, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Colouring Agents  to Update the Permitted Uses of 
Amaranth in Foods  
Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a re -evaluation of the permitted uses of the food colour 
amaranth as described in the notice of Health Canada's Proposal to Modify the Currently Permitted 
Uses of the Colouring Agent Amaranth in Various Foods [NOP/AVP -0023] that was published on 
4 January 2017, and open to the public for comments for 75 days.  
Health Canada has updated the permitted uses for amaranth to reduce the possibility of exc essive 
dietary exposure to this food colour, while continuing to allow uses of interest to the food industry. 
The update was done by modifying the List of Permitted Colouring Agents  as described in the 
information document, effective 3 November 2023.  
The p urpose of the information document is to publicly announce the Department's decision in this 
regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for those wishing to submit an inquiry or 
new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food additive. The information document also 
summarizes Health Canada's responses to the comments received during the comment period that 
accompanied the Department's notice of proposal.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/CAN/23_13344_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/CAN/23_13344_00_f.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final da te for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be  provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the adden dum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1090/Add.1  
 
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  Text(s) available from: []  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The electronic version of: "Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Colouring Agents to Update 
the Permitted Uses of Amaranth in Foods " it available through:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/food -nutrition/public -involvement -
partnerships/notice -modification -list-permitted -colouring -agents -update -uses-amaranth -foods.html  
(English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/aliments -nutrition/par ticipation -public -
partenariats/avis -modification -liste-colorants -autorises -afin-mettre -jour-utilisations -amarante -
aliments.html  (French)  
or requested from:  
Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario  
K1A 0G2  
Tel: + (343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613)943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@int ernational.gc.ca  
 
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