G/SPS/N/TPKM/366  
 
4 September 2015  
(15-4497)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, 
KINMEN AND MATSU 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Health and Welfare 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Plant Origin 
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: Draft of Standard for the Tolerance of Heavy Metals in 
Plant Origin  Language(s): Chinese and English  Number of pages: 6 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHT/15_3499_00_x.pdf 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHT/15_3499_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content: The draft amends the name of food category and the 
maximum tolerance of Lead on "Root and tuber vegetables", and Cadmium on "Legume 
vegetables" and "Pulses". 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text) CODEX STAN 193-1995 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[X] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/TPKM/366 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: Draft of 
Standard for the Tolerance of Heavy Metals in Plant Origin (MOHW Food No. 1041303265, 2 September 2015) is available in English from the National 
Notification Authority, National Enquiry Poin t, and Ministry of Health and Welfare. The 
standards will be published in the Official Government Gazette when adopted. The full text may be downloaded from the following website: 
http://www.fda.gov.tw/eng/index.aspx  (available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 November 2015 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Food and Drug Administration 
Ministry of Health and Welfare 
No. 161-2, Kunyang St, Nangang District, Taipei City 115-61, Taiwan (R.O.C) 
Tel: +(886 2) 2787 8000 (ext. 7317) Fax: +(886 2) 2653 1062 E-mail: katty@fda.gov.tw 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Food and Drug Administration  
Ministry of Health and Welfare No.161-2, Kunyang St, Nangang District, Taipei City 115-61, Taiwan (R.O.C) 
Tel: +(886 2) 2787 8000 (ext. 7317) 
Fax: +(886 2) 2653 1062 E-mail: katty@fda.gov.tw