G/SPS/N/CAN/1416/Add.1  
 
29 June 2022  
(22-5014) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 28 June 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Preservatives  to Enable the Use of Long -Chain 
Glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia  MUCL 53181 in Various Non -Alcoholic Beverages  
Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a premarket safety assessment of a food additive 
submission seeking approval for the use of long -chain glycolipids from Dacryopinax spathularia  
MUCL  53181 as a preservative in various standardized and unstandardiz ed non -alcoholic beverages.  
Health Canada published a Proposal to Enable the Use of Long -Chain Glycolipids from Dacryopinax 
spathularia  MUCL 53181 as a Preservative in Various Non -Alcoholic Beverages [NOP/ADP -0037] on 
23 September 2021. The proposal was op en to the public for comment for 75 days. No comments 
were received during this period.  
The results of the premarket assessment support the safety of long -chain glycolipids from 
D. spathularia  MUCL 53181 for its requested uses. Consequently, Health Canada has enabled the use 
of long -chain glycolipids from D. spathularia  MUCL 53181 described in the information document 
below by modifying Part 2 and Part 3 of the List of Permitted Preservatives , effective 10 June 2022.  
The purpose of this communication is to publically 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.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CAN/22_4376_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CAN/22_4376_00_f.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date 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 cale ndar 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/1416/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/y y): 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 electronic version of: " Notice of Modification to the  List of Permitted Preservatives to Enable the 
Use of Long -Chain Glycolipids from  Dacryopinax spathularia MUCL 53181  in Various Non -Alcoholic 
Beverages " is available through:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/food -nutrition/public -involvement -
partnerships/notice -modification -list-permitted -preservatives -long-chain -glycolipids -dacryopi nax-
spathularia -various -non-alcoholic -beverages.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/aliments -nutrition/participation -public -
partenariats/avis -modification -liste-agents -conservation -autorises -permett re-utilisation -
glycolipides -chaine -longue -issus-dacryopinax -spathularia -diverses -boissons -non-alcoolisees.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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