G/SPS/N/CAN/1464  
16 November  2022 
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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):  The mineral nutrient iodine as a supplemental ingredient  
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 proposal to enable the use of iodine as a 
supplemental ingredient in foods . Language(s):  English and French . Number of 
pages:  5 
6. Description of content:  Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a safety 
assessment of iodine. The assessment concluded that information on dietary and 
nutritional exposure supports the safety of iodine for its use as a supplemental ingredient. 
Iodine does not pose any safety or nutr itional concerns when used as a supplemental 
ingredient in accordance with the conditions of use outlined in the Notice of Proposal 
information document.  
Health Canada is therefore proposing to enable the use of this supplemental ingredient as 
shown in the  Notice of Proposal information document.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relev ant 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, ch apter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/CAN/1464  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Health  Canada's Food and Nutrition – "Public Involvement and Partnerships" Website, 
posted 9 November 2022 (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) : The proposed supplemental ingredient will be 
legally enabled once published in Health Canada's List of permitted supplemental 
ingredients  (https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/f ood-
nutrition/supplemented -foods/technical -documents/list -permitted -food-ingredients.html ). 
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) : The supplemental ingre dient modification noted in this document comes 
into force the day they are made to the List of permitted supplemental ingredients  
(https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/food -nutrition/supplemented -
foods/technical -documents/list -permitted -food-ingredients.html ). 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 23 January 2023  
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:   
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 proposal to enable the use of iodine as a supplemental ingredient in foods" 
is available through the following weblink:  
https://w ww.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/food -nutrition/public -involvement -
partnerships/notice -proposal -iodine -supplemental -ingredient -foods.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/aliments -nutrition/participation -public -
partenariats/avis -proposition -iode-ingredient -supplementaire -aliments.html  (French)  
 
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