G/SPS/N/LKA/42  
 
12 September 2019  
(19-5871) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  SRI LANKA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Food Control Administration Unit, Ministry of Health, Nutrition and 
Indigenous Medicine  
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 applic able):  Food products  
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:  Draft Food (Mycotoxins) Regulations 2020 . 
Language(s):  English . Number of pages:  6 
6. Description of content:  These regulations prescribe that no person shall manufacture, 
process, import, transport, distribute, store, sel l, offer or expose for sale any food 
containing the types of mycotoxins in amounts exceeding the levels prescribed in the 
Schedule I of these r egulations.  
And hereby, these regulations repealed the Sections (c), (d) and (e) of the Regulation 24 
in Part II (General Prohibition and Regulation of Sale) of the Food (Labeling and 
Miscellaneous) Regulations - 1993 published in Gazette No : 788/7 dated 1 4 October 1993.  
The Schedule I covers Maximum Levels of Mycotoxins in Foodstuffs  (obtained from the 
Commission Regulations (EC) No 1887/2006 ). 
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from an imal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
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 relev ant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/LKA/42  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 13 November 2019  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 November 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax n umber and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Dr Anil Jasinghe  
Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine  
No. 385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha  
Colombo 10  
Tel: +(94 11) 269 4860  
Mobile: +(94 77) 738 3758  
Fax: +(94 11) 269 3869  
E-mail: dghs@health.gov.lk  
Website: http://www.health.gov.lk  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Dr Lakshman Gamlath  
Deputy Director General, Environmental,Occupational Health & Food Safety  
Ministry of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine  
No. 385 Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha  
Colombo 10, Sri Lanka  
Tel: +(94 11) 267 2004  
Fax: +(94 11) 267 2004  
E-mail: ddgeohfs@health.gov.lk  
or 
codexlanka@health.gov.lk  
Website: http://www.health.gov.lk