G/SPS/N/CAN/1336  
 
16 September 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Health Canada  
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):  Steviol Glycosides from Saccharomyces cerevisiae  Y63348 (ICS 
Codes: 67.220.20)  
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:  Notice of Modification to the List of 
Permitted  Sweeteners to Enable the Use of Steviol Glycosides from Saccharomyces 
cerevisiae  Y63348 in a Variety of Foods - Reference Numb er: NOM/ADM -0151. 
Language(s):  English and French . Number of pages:  3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CAN/20_5416_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CAN/20_5416_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content:  Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety 
assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of steviol 
glycosides from Saccharomyces cerevisiae  Y63348 as a sweetener in the same foods 
where steviol glycosides from other sources is already permitted and at the same 
maximum levels as are allowed for those foods.  
The already -permitted steviol glycosides is from the plant Stevia rebaudiana  Bertoni or 
the yeasts S. cerevisiae  CD15380 or S. cerevisiae  CD15407.  
The results of the premarket assessment support the safety of steviol glycosi des from 
S. cerevisiae  Y63348 for the same uses as are already permitted for steviol glycosides 
from these other sources. Consequently, Health Canada has enabled the use of steviol 
glycosides from S. cerevisiae  Y63348 described in the information document by modifying 
the List of Permitted Sweeteners , effective 1 September 2020.  
The purpose of this communication is to publically announce the Department's decision 
in this regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for any inquiries or for 
those wishing to submit any new scientific information relevant to the safety of this food 
additive.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territ ory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/CAN/1336  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
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:  Health 
Canada's Food and Nutrition – "Public Involvement and Partnerships " Web site, posted 
1 September 2020 (available in English and French):  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/food -nutrition/public -involvement -
partnerships.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/aliments -nutrition/participation -public -
partenariats.html  (French)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 1 September 2020  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 September 2020  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 November 2020  
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/1336  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The "Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Sweeteners to Enable the Use of Steviol 
Glycosides from Saccharomyces cerevisiae  Y63348 in a Variety of Foods - Reference 
Number: NOM/ADM -0151" is available through the following weblink:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/food -nutrition/public -involvement -
partnerships/notice -modification -list-permitted -sweeteners -steviol -glycosides.html  
(English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/aliments -nutrition/participation -public -
partenariats/avis -modification -liste-edulcorants -autorises -glycosides -steviol.html  
(French)  
 
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