G/TBT/N/TUR/48  
 
14 March 2014  
(14-1612)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  TURKEY  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock / General Directorate of 
Food and Control 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 :   
Turkey-TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministry of Economy  DG of Product Safety and Inspection Inonu Bulv. No:  36 06100 Emek-Ankara / Turkey  
Tel.:  +(90 312) 204 8074 
Fax:   +(90 312) 212 6864 E-mail:  tbt@ekonomi.gov.tr  
Website:  http://www.teknikengel.gov.tr  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided  in addition, where applicable):  Cheese 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Turkish Food 
Codex Communiqué on Cheese (10 pages, in Turkish).     
6. Description of content:  The purpose of this Communiqué is to identify the 
characteristics of the cheese made available to direct consumption or further processing in order to ensure their production, processing, transportation and marketing in 
compliance with the relevant technical and hygienic conditions. 
This Communiqué covers all types of cheese which are made available directly for 
human consumption and/or used as raw material or semi-finished product to be 
processed into other products following the production. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health.  
8. Relevant documents:    
- Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food and Feed Law No: 5996 (G/SPS/N/TUR/9); 
- Codex Group Standard For Unripened Cheese Including Fresh Cheese Codex Stan 
221-2001; 
- Codex Group Standard For Cheeses In Brine Codex Stan 208-1999, Amend. 2001; 
- Codex Standard For Whey Cheeses Codex Stan A-7-1971, Rev. 2-2006 G/TBT/N/TUR/48 
 
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  - Codex General Standard For Process(Ed) Cheese And Spreadable Process(Ed) 
Cheese codex Stan A-8(b)-1978 
- Codex General Standard For Cheese Codex Stan A-6-1978, Rev.1-1999, Amended 
 2003   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    30 April 2014  30 April 2014 (Food business operators 
carrying on a business before the date of publication of this   Communiqué shall be 
obliged to comply with the provisions of this 
Communiqué for two years as of the date of the publication of this Communiqué) 
10. Final date for comments:  25 April 2014 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock 
DG of Food and Control 
Address: Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu-Ankara/TURKEY  
Tel: +(90 312) 258 7601 Fax:+(90 312) 258 7677 
E-mail: kodeks@tarim.gov.t  
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