G/TBT/N/TUR/33  
 
19 February 2013  
(13-0904)  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 
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 :   
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock 
General Dýrectorate of Food and Control 
Eskiþehiryolu 9. Km.  Lodumlu/ANKARA Tel.:  +(90 312) 258 77 13 
Fax:  +(90 312) 258 77 60  
E-mail:  mailto:kodeks@tarim.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.gkgm.gov.tr/  
 
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:  mailto: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): Salt  
(HS Code: 2501) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Turkish Food 
Codex Communiqué on Salt (7 pages, in Turkish).  
6. Description of content:  Revision of the Communiqué concerning Turkish Food Codex-
Communiqué on Salt (Communiqué No: 2007/53  Official Journal:23/1/2008/26765) has 
been prepared to enlarge the scope of the mentioned legislation, to overcome current problems and to enable compliance with international legislation.  The legislation creates a 
new legal framework for the production and marketing of salt for food use, with the 
respective regulations being laid down through orders, without prejudice to compliance with the general rules on hygiene to which foodstuffs are subject, additives, labelling, 
transport and storage, contaminants, packaging and hygiene. Provisions in the draft aims 
to determine the particulars of food grade salts and underground spring salts  in order to enable the production, preparation, processing, preservation, storage, handling and 
marketing of these products. Also, the obligation for the colour of the salt which is "salt G/TBT/N/TUR/33 
 
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  shall be in white (colour)" has been changed by this draft as to allow the naturally coloured 
salts.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of Human Health  
8. Relevant documents:    
Regulation of Turkish Food Codex, Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey,  No. 28157, 
29 December 2011, Duplicated Issue 3  (available in Turkish);   
Codex Standards For Food Grad e Salt (CX STAN 150-1985, Rev. 1-1997 Amend. 1-1999, 
Amend. 2-2001, Amend. 3-2006 1). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:      March or April 2013   March or April 2013 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification 
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 
General Dýrectorate of Food and Control Eskiþehiryolu 9. Km.  
Lodumlu/ANKARA 
Tel.:  +(90 312) 258 77 13 Fax:  +(90 312) 258 77 60  E-mail:  mailto:kodeks@tarim.gov.tr  
Website: http://www.gkgm.gov.tr/  
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:    
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/tbt/TUR/13_0688_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2013/tbt/TUR/13_0688_00_x.pdf