G/SPS/N/IDN/122  
 
11 December 2017  
(17-6793) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: INDONESIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: National Agency of Drug and Food Control (NADFC)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable): Irradiated food  
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: Regulation of the Head of the National Agency of Drug 
and Food Control of Organic Product . Language(s): Indonesian.  Number of pages: 17 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/IDN/17_5323_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This Regulation specifically regulates the radiation source, types 
of food, maximum absorbed doses, irradiation purposes, re -irradiation, packaging 
requirement s, irradiation facility, and labelling for irradiated food.  
a. Radiation source s 
Irradiated f oods must use radiation source s as follows : 
- Gamma rays from radionuclides 60Co and 137Cs; 
- X-rays generated from machine sources operated at or below an energy level of 
7.5 MeV; 
- Electron s generated from machine source s operated at or below an energy level of 
10 MeV. 
b. Type of food, maximun absorbed dos es, and irradiation purposes regulated in 
Appendix  I. 
c. Re-irradiation  
- Irradiated foods shall not be re -irradiated, except for food s with low moisture content, 
and irradiated for purpose of controlling insects ; 
- Food is not considered as having been re -irradiated when:  
i. the irradiated food is prepared from materials which have been irradiated at low 
dose levels for quarantine control, prevention of sprouting, maturation inhibition;  
ii. the food, containing less than 5% of irradiated ingredient, is irradiated ; or when  
iii. the full dose of ionizing radiation required to achieve the desired effect is applied 
to the food in more than one increment as part of processing for a specific 
technological purpose ; 
- The cumulative maximum absorbed dose delivered to a food should not exceed the 
maximum dose regulated in Appendix I . G/SPS/N/IDN/122  
 
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  d. Packaging  
- Absorbed doses of packaging used for irradiated food must be suitable for absorbed 
doses of food;  
- Types of packaging regulated in Appendix II. 
e. Irradiation facility  
- Radiation treatment of foods shall be carried out in licensed and registered facilities 
issued by BAPETEN;  
- The facilities shall meet the requirements of good practices for irradiated food;  
- The facilities shall make records for every batch of irradiated food, and keep for five 
years;  
- Every six month s, the facilities shall report the record s to the Head of NADFC RI 
and/or to the Minister of Agriculture of Indonesia, Ministry of Marine Affairs  and 
Fisheries of Indonesia.  
f. Labelling  
The label ling of irradiated food must contain the following information:  
i. Statement of "Irradiated Food";  
ii. Statement "Should not be re -irradiated";  
iii. Date of treatment;  
iv. Name of country where treatment has been done;  
v. Symbol for irradiated food . 
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 standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex Stan 106 -1983, Rev. 1 -2003 General Standard 
for Irradiated Foods  
[ ] World Organization for Anima l Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] 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:  
a. Law No. 18 of 2012 concerning Food  
b. Government Regulation No. 28/2004 concerning Safety, Quality and Nutrition of Food  
c. Government Regulation No. 69/1999 concerning Food Labelling and Advertising  
d. Regulation of the Minister of Healh No. 701/Menkes/Per/VIII/2009 concerning Food 
Irradiation  (available in Indonesia n) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  G/SPS/N/IDN /122 
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 February  2018 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: