G/SPS/N/CAN/636/Add.2
20 February 2015 
(15-1024)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 19 Februa ry 2015, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada. 
 
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 Notice of Modification - Lists of Permitted Food Additives  
Health Canada received a food additive submi ssion seeking approval for the use of trisodium 
pyrophosphate in those standardized meat, poul try and fish products and unstandardized foods 
where the use of tetrasodium pyrophosphate (sodiu m pyrophosphate, tetrabasic) and sodium acid 
pyrophosphate are currently permitted. 
To seek comments on enabling the use of this phosphate, in October 2012 Health Canada 
published an Information and Consultation Document on Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the 
Use of the Food Additive 'Trisodium Pyrophosphate' in Certain Standardized Meat, Poultry and 
Marine and Freshwater Products, and in Unstandardized Foods . No new scientific information was 
submitted to the Department as a result of this publication. 
On 20 August 2014, Health Canada updated the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other 
Generally Accepted Use s and the List of Permitted Sequestering Agents  to enable the use of 
trisodium pyrophosphate in unstandardized foods and certain standardized fish products. These 
changes were publically announced in the Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food 
Additives with Other Generally Accepted Uses and the List of Permitted Sequestering Agents to 
Enable the Use of Trisodium Pyrophosphate in Unst andardized Foods and Certain Standardized Fish 
Products  that was published on Health Canada's website. The notice also indicated that the 
approval for use of this additive in standardized  meat and poultry products would be delayed until 
Health Canada resolved the regulatory issues relating to the provisions in the Food and Drug 
Regulations  that set out minimum protein requirements when phosphate additives are used. 
To address these issues with respect to the requested uses of trisodium pyrophosphate, Health 
Canada has transposed the applicable rules resp ecting minimum protein requirements from the 
Food and Drug Regulations  to the List of Permitted Sequestering Agents . The Department has now 
enabled the use of trisodium pyrophosphate in standardized meat and poultry products by modifying the List of Permitted Sequestering Agents , effective 13 February 2015. 
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 this food additive. 
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:   G/SPS/N/CAN/636/Add.2 
 
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  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: 
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 Sequestering Agents to 
Enable the Use of Trisodium Pyrophosphate as a Sequestering Agent in Standardized Meat and 
Poultry Products - Document Reference number: NOM/ADM-0043 " can be ordered at: 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/cons ult/nom-adm-0043/index-eng.php  (English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/cons ult/nom-adm-0043/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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