G/TBT/N/PHL/200  
 
7 August 2017  
(17-4267) 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 : PHILIPPINES   
If applicable, name of local government involved  (Article 3.2 and 7.2) :  
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration – Center for Food Regulation and 
Research Department of Health  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification  shall be indicate d if different from above :  
Food and Drug Administration – Center for Food Regulation and Research  
Department of Health  
Civic Drive, Filinvest City, Alabang 1781  
Muntinlupa, Philippines  
E-mail: info@fda.gov.ph  
Telepho ne No.: (632) 857 -1900 
Fax: (632) 807 -0751 
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 a pplicable):  ICS: 03.120.20  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Administrative 
Order No. ______  – Subject: Adoption of All Philippine National Standards (PNS) Approved 
and Issued by the FDA and Other Standards as Technical R egulation (17  page(s), in 
English)   
6. Description of content:  This Administrative Order (A.O.) is hereby issues to serve as 
guide to all food manufacturers, importers and distributors, in particular, and the general 
public, at large, of the standards of specific food products that are to be sold in the local 
market; and to demonstrate compliance to food safety and quality prior to issuance of FDA 
authorizations.  
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
The A.O . on Adoption of all PNS Approved and Issued by the FDA and other Standards as 
Technical Regulation aims to assure safe and quality food products. Among the general 
provisions of the A.O. is that the PNS on Ethnic Food Products and the specific Code of 
Practice finalized by the FDA and approved by the Bureau of Philippine Standards, 
Department of Trade and Industry shall be adopted as Technical Regulation as such, 
compliance to these standards shall be made mandatory and shall be a requirement prior 
the app roval for issuance of FDA authorizations, specifically, the License to Operate and/or 
the Certificate of Product Registration.  G/TBT/N/PHL/200  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
 A. No. 9711 – Food and Drug Act of 2009  
 A. No. 10611 – Food Safety Act of 2013  
 Administrative Order (AO)  No. 2005 -0018 – Philippine National Standards on Ethnic 
Food Products  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  - 
Proposed date of entry into force:  - 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [X] or ad dress, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other body:   
Office of the Director  
Food and Drug Administration – Center for Food Regulation and Research  
Department of Health  
Civic Drive, Filinvest City, Alabang 1781  
Muntinlupa, Philippines  
E-mail: pmppagayunan@fda.gov.ph ; dgmicua@fda.gov.ph ; mrsjyasona@fda.gov.ph ; 
tessafda@yahoo.com   
Telephone No.: (632) 857 -1900 
Fax: (632) 807 -0751 
Attached Copy: Administrative Order No. ____: Adoption of All Philippine National 
Standards (PNS) Approved and Issued by the FDA and Other Standards as Technical 
Regulat ion. 
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