G/TBT/N/CAN/713  
2 February 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English, French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Department of Health  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Canada's Notification Auth ority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Telephone: (343)203 -4273 
Fax: (613)943 -0346 
Email: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food 
products in general (ICS: 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notice of Intent 
to Repeal Sixteen Food -Related Marketing Authorizations; (1 page(s), in English), (1 
page(s), in French)  
6. Description of content:  The proposed Marketing Authorization repealing certain 
Marketing Authorizations issued under the Food and Drugs Act  would repeal 16 r edundant 
food marketing authorizations; 15 of which relate to permitted food additives, and 1 
regarding the fortification of Milk, Goat's Milk and Margarine with vitamin D.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicab le: Repealing redundant ministerial regulations.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Notice of Intent to Repeal Sixteen Food -Related Marketing Authorizations: 
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/food -nutrition/public -involve ment-
partnerships/notice -intent -repeal -sixteen -food-related -marketing -authorizations.html  G/TBT/N/CAN/713  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The proposed repeal of the marketing authorization 
concerning the fortification of Milk, Goat's Milk and Margarine with vitamin D would take 
place the day on which the Marketing Authorization repealing certain Marketing 
Authorizations issued under the Food and Drugs Act is registered.  
The 15 marketing authorizations concerning permitted food additives would be repealed 
on the same day that the Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning Food 
Additives and Compositional Standards, Microbiological Criteria and Methods of Analysis 
for Foo d are published in the Canada Gazette, Part II.  
10. Final date for comments:  14 April 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/service s/food -nutrition/public -involvement -
partnerships/notice -intent -repeal -sixteen -food-related -marketing -authorizations.html  
(English) https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/aliment s-
nutrition/participation -public -partenariats/avis -intention -abrogation -seize-autorisations -
mise-marche -liees-aliments.html  (French)