G/SPS/N/BGD/2  
14 July 2023  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  BANGLADESH  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Bangladesh Food Safety Authority  
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):  Food products  
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 Food Safety (Pesticides Residues and Other 
Chemical Residues) Regulations, 2023 . Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  118 
6. Description of content:  In accordance with Food Safety Act 2013 (Act No. 43 of 2013), 
section 13 (4), the draft regulation is about the Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) of pesticide 
and plant growth regulators in food. Maximum Residue Limits stipulated in Schedule -1 and 
Schedule -2 are in most cases stated in terms of a specific whole raw agricultural 
commodity as it moves in trade. In Schedule -1 MRL of 163 Pesticide molecules are 
considered. The widely used plant growth regulator Ethephon's MRL is stated in 
Schedule -2. Portion of commodity to which the maximum residues limits (MR L) applies are 
described in Schedule -3. The Pesticide residues in food shall comply with the MRLs set 
forth in the draft Food Safety (Pesticides Residues and Other Chemical Residues) 
Regulations, 2023. In cases other than those specified in the list Schedu le-1 and 
Schedule -2, the pesticide residues in food shall not exceed the limits as stipulated in the 
latest edition of Codex Alimentarius Commission or the internationally recognized 
standards.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal healt h, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex standard, entitled "Codex Pesticide Residues in 
Food" and other foreign standards  
[ ] 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?  G/SPS/N/BGD/2  
 
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  [X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : They shall come into force after six month from the date of their 
publication in the Official Gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from  the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 September 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 o ther body:   
Sourav Singha  
Scientific Officer (Certification section)  
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority  
BSL Office Complex (Building -2) 
119, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbagh, Dhaka -1000 
Tel: +(880 22) 2222 7596  
Mobile: +(880 16) 7639 7266  
E-mail: sps@bfsa.gov.bd  
Website: http://www.bfsa.gov.bd/  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Sourav Singha  
Scientific Officer (Certification section)  
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority  
BSL Office Complex (Building -2) 
119, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Shahbagh, Dhaka -1000 
Tel: +(880 22) 2222 7596  
Mobile: +(880 16) 7639 7266 
E-mail: sps@bfsa.gov.bd  
Website: http://www.bfsa.gov.bd/