G/SPS/N/CAN/597/Add.4
29 June 2016
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 28 June 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada. 
 
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 Notice of Modification - Lists of Permitted Food Additives 
The permitted conditions of use for mineral oil, paraffin wax, and petrolatum, which are found in 
the Lists of Permitted Food Additives with Other Generally Accepted Uses , make reference to 
section B.01.047, which Health Canada's Food Directorate had recently revoked. Therefore, consequential modifications, specifically to column 4 of the List of Permitted Food Additives with 
Other Generally Accepted Uses  (http://hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/addit/list/8-other-autre-eng.php ) 
are required to remove references to section B.01.047. 
Health Canada has modified the List of Permitted Food Additive s with Other Generally Accepted 
Uses (http://hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/addit/list/8-other-autre-eng.php ), effective 25 May 2016. 
The purpose of this communication is to publically announce the Department's decision in this 
regard and to provide the appropriate contact information for any inquiries or for those wishing to submit any new scientific information relevant to the safety of these food additives. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of  previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:   
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, norm ally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of or iginally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [X] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax nu mber and e-mail address (if available) of 
other body: 
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  Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notificati on Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (if available) of other body: 
The electronic version of: " Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other 
Generally Accepted Uses as a Result of the Re vocation of B.01.046 and B.01.047 of the Food and 
Drug Regulations - Document Reference number: NOM/ADM-0073 " can be ordered at: 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/cons ult/nom-adm-0073/index-eng.php  (English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/cons ult/nom-adm-0073/index-fra.php  (French) 
 
or requested from: Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point Technical Barriers and Regulations Division 
Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development 
111 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario 
K1A 0G2 
Tel: +(343) 203 4273 Fax: +(613) 943 0346 
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
 
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