G/SPS/N/CAN/1306/Add.1  
6 April 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 6 April 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents  
to Correct Conditions of Use for Food Additives in Sour Cream  
In 2020, Health Canada extended the use of potassium phosphate, dibasic to the same foods and at 
the same maximum levels of use as was permitted for sodium phosphate, dibasic. One of the new 
uses for potassium phosphate, dibasic was in sour cream as was se t out for sodium phosphate, dibasic 
in the List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents . 
This list also sets out permitted uses for certain other food additives in sour cream. For 14 of the food 
additives, the list sets out a co ndition of use in Column 3 that limits the total amount of the food 
additives permitted in sour cream when they are used in combination. Sodium phosphate, dibasic is 
excluded from this in -combination condition of use. Potassium phosphate, dibasic should si milarly 
have been excluded when it was authorized for use in sour cream in 2020.  
Also, Column 3 of the French version of the List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or 
Thickening Agents  correctly set outs that carob bean gum and gelatin can eac h be used singly in sour 
cream at a maximum level of use of 0.5%. This maximum level of use for these two additives, used 
singly, was missing from the English version of the list.  
This Notice describes the action Health Canada has taken to correct these er rors by modifying the 
List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents , effective 31 March 2023.  
The purpose 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.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/CAN/23_8783_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/CAN/23_8783_00_f.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] 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  
[X] Other: Correct Conditions of Use for Food Additives in Sour Cream.  
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 shoul d 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.)  G/SPS/N/CAN/1306/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the a ddendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
 
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 Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickeni ng 
Agents to Correct Conditions of Use for Food Additives in Sour Cream  is available through:  
https://www. canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/food -nutrition/public -involvement -
partnerships/notice -modification -list-permitted -emulsifying -gelling -stabilizing -thickening -agents -
correct -conditions -food-additives -sour-cream.html  (English)  
https: //www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/aliments -nutrition/participation -public -
partenariats/avis -modification -liste-agents -emulsifiants -gelifiants -stabilisants -epaississants -
autorises -corriger -conditions -utilisation -additifs -alimentaires -creme -sure.html  (French)  
Canada's Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
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