G/SPS/N/CAN/1141/Add.1  
 
13 February 2018  
(18-0954) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 13 February 2018, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada . 
 
_______________  
 
 
Notice of Modification to the  List of Permitted Preservatives  to Enable the Use of Nisin as an 
Antimicrobial Preservative in or on Various Foods – Reference Number: NOM/ADM -0110 
Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a detailed safety assessment of two food add itive 
submissions seeking approval for the use of nisin, a new antimicrobial preservative, in or on 
various standar dized and unstandardized foods.  
Health Canada published a Proposal to Enable the Use of a New Food Additive, Nisin, as an 
Antimicrobial Preservative in or on Various Foods  [NOP/ADP -0028] on 20 September 2017. 
The proposal was open to the public for comment for 75 days. A summary of the comments and 
responses provided during this period is available in the information document referenced be low. 
As no safety concerns were raised through Health Canada's assessment, the Department has 
enabled the use of the food additive nisin described in the information document below by 
updating Part 2 of the  List of Permitted Preservatives  (https://www.canada.ca/en/health -
canada/services/food -nutrition/food -safety/food -additives/lists -permitted/11 -preserv atives.html ),  
effective 9 February 2018.  
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 scien tific information relevant to the safety of this food additive.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CAN/18_0845_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CAN/18_0845_00_f.pdf  
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 fo rce 
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally 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  G/SPS/N/CAN/1141/Add.1  
 
- 2 - 
 
  Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  
  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Au thority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The electronic version of: "Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Preservatives to Enable 
the Use of Nisin as an Antimicrobial Preservative  in or on Various Foods - Reference Number: 
NOM/ADM -0110" is available through:  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/food -nutrition/public -involvement -
partnerships/notice -modification -list-permitted -preservatives -enable -use-nisin-antimicrobial -
preservative -various -foods.html  (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/aliments -nutrition/participation -public -
partenariats/avis -modification -a-liste-agents -conservation -autorises -visant -a-permettre -
utilisation -nisine -agent -conservation -antimicrobien -divers -alimen ts.html  (French)  
or requested from:  
Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario  
K1A 0G2  
Tel: +(343) 203 273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca   
__________