G/SPS/N/NGA/2  
 
2 September 2015  
(15-4430)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: NIGERIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control 
(NAFDAC) 
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): Vitamins used in food fo rtification (HS Code: 29.36) 
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: Food Fortification Regulations 2005   Language(s): 
English  Number of pages: 11  
6. Description of content: Food Fortification Regulations 2005 specifies the 
advertising/label declaration of food to which vitamins have been added. It contains the labelling declaration for:  
– children's food to which no vitamin has been added; and 
– vitamin fortification for children under two years. 
The regulations also cover minimum and maxi mum quantity of levels of vitamins and 
minerals which food fortified with vitamins and minerals should contain with respect to 
the reasonable daily intake of that food. 
It also specifies the labelling content for vitamins and minerals and packaging 
requirements. 
It further prescribes prohibitions, penalties an d forfeiture for violators of the regulations. 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] 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)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   G/SPS/N/NGA/2 
 
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  [ ] 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: 
Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette, No 55, Vol. 93 of 2006 (S.I No. 33 of 2005) 
(available in English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : The regulation is already adopted. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : The regulation is already in force. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : The regulation entered into force in 2006. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Ms Flora Mari 
Assistant Chief Laboratory Technologist 
Directorate of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 
NAFDAC E-mail: spsenquirypoint@nafdac.gov.ng 
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ms Flora Mari  
Assistant Chief Laboratory Technologist 
Directorate of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition NAFDAC 
E-mail: spsenquirypoint@nafdac.gov.ng 
Website: http://www.nafdac.gov.ng/regulation