G/TBT/N/IDN/101  
 
24 June 2015  
(15-3261)  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: INDONESIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible: 
Bureau for International Cooperation 
National Agency of Drug and Food Control (NADFC) Republic of Indonesia 
Jl. Percetakan Negara No. 23 Jakarta 10560 – Indonesia 
Telephone: +(62-21) 42875379 
Facsimile: +(62-21) 42875379 Email: kerjasamaln_bpom@yahoo.co.id  
Website: http://www.pom.go.id  
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 : 
Center for Cooperation on Standardization 
National Standardization Agency, Indonesia (BSN) Gedung BPPT I, 12th floor 
Jl. MH Thamrin No.8, Menteng 
Jakarta 10340 – Indonesia Telephone: (62 21) 3927422 ext.127 Facsimile: (62 21) 3927528 
E-mail: tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id  / tbt.indonesia@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.bsn.go.id/  
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Food 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Regulation of the 
Chairman of NADFC RI No 1 Year 2015 concerni ng Food Category (285 pages, in Indonesian)  
6. Description of content: This regulation replaces the Chairman of NADFC Regulation, 
Number HK.00.05.42.4040 Year 2006 concerning Food Category. There are 16 food 
categories (which are divided based on their characteristics), i.e.:  
1. Dairy products and analogues, excluding products of food category number 2 
2. Fats and oils, and fat emulsions 
3. Edible ice, including sherbet and sorbet 
4. Fruits and vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and 
legumes, and aloe vera), seaweeds, and nuts and seeds 
5. Confectionery 
6. Cereals and cereal products, derived from cereal grains, from roots and tubers, 
pulses, legumes and pith or soft core of palm tree, excluding bakery wares of food 
category number 7 
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  8. Meat and meat products, including poultry and game 
9. Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms 
10. Egg and egg products 
11. Sweeteners, including honey 
12. Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads and protein products 
13. Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses 
14. Beverages, excluding dairy products 
15. Ready-to-eat savouries 
16. Prepared foods 
(This category refers to the General Standa rd for Food Additives Codex Stan 192-1995, 
last revision in 2014) 
Any food which is not included in the above categories, will be determined by the written 
consent of the Chairman of NADFC. 
A n n e x e s  I  t o  A n n e x e s  X V I  R e g u l a t i o n  o f  t h e  C h a i r m a n  o f  N A D F C  R I  N o .  1  Y e a r  2 0 1 5  
establishes the definition and characteristic of each category. 
As Mexico requested, Tequila is defined as a Mexican alcoholic beverage produced from the 
heart of the Agave tequilana Weber blue variety, cultivated within the limits of the territory 
established by the Declaration for the Protection of the Appellation of Origin of Tequila and which specification regarding raw materials, production process, physical-chemical 
specifications and judicial requirements in line with the Mexican Technical Regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
1. As guidelines for standardization, evaluation, inspection and certification of food 
safety 
2. As guidelines for food producers, importers, and distributors 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Law No.8 of 1999 on Consumer Protection (State Gazette of the Republic of 
Indonesia No. 42 of 1999, Supplement to State Gazette No. 3821) 
2. Law No. 18 of 2012 on Food (State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia No. 227 of 
2012, Supplement to State Gazette No. 5360) 
3. Government Regulation No. 28 of 2004 on Food Safety, Quality and Nutrition (State 
Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia No. 107 of 2004, Supplement to State Gazette 
No. 4424) 
4. Government Regulation No. 69 of 1999 on Food Labelling and Advertising (State 
Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia No. 131 of 1999, Supplement to State Gazette 
No. 3867) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: After the date of publication  
Proposed date of entry into force: After the date of publication  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days after notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Center for Cooperation on Standardization 
National Standardization Agency, Indonesia (BSN) 
Gedung BPPT I, 12th floor Jl. MH Thamrin No.8, Menteng 
Jakarta 10340 – Indonesia 
Telephone: (62 21) 3927422 ext.127 Facsimile: (62 21) 3927528 
E-mail: tbt.indonesia@bsn.go.id  / tbt.indonesia@gmail.com   
http://www.bsn.go.id/  
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