G/SPS/N/CAN/1012/Add.1  
 
10 January 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/Fre nch 
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 9 January 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Notice of Modification - Lists of Permitted Food Additives  
Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Preservatives  to Enable the Use of Leuconostoc 
carnosum 4010 as an Antimicrobial Preservative in Certain Vacuum -Packed Non -Shelf-Stable Meat 
and Poultry Products  
Background  
Health Canada evaluated a food additive submission requesting the use  a live culture of the 
bacterium Leuconostoc carnosum  4010 as a food additive. The purpose for using the preparation is 
to limit or inhibit the growth of the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes  in certain non -
shelf-stable foods that are vacuum -packed  and that require refrigeration.  
Health Canada determined that the available scientific data support the safety and efficacy of 
Leuconostoc carnosum  4010 for the requested use in these foods.  
Health Canada published a proposal ( http://hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -an/consult/nop -avp-0016/index -
eng.php ) on 12 April 2016, which was open for public comment for 75 days, for which no new 
scientific information was submitted. Since the conclusion of th e evaluation remains as described 
in the proposal, Health Canada has modified the List of Permitted Preservatives  (http://hc -
sc.gc.ca/fn -an/securit/addit/list/11 -preserv -conserv -eng.php ), effective 14 December 2016.  
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 these food additives.  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CAN/17_0131_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CAN/17_0131_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 force  
[ ] 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 ex tension of originally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  G/SPS/N/CAN/1012/Add.1  
 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designat ed to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  
   
Text(s) available from: [ ]  National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Addre ss, 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 Leuconostoc carnosum 4010 as an Antimicrobial Preservative in Certain Vacuum -Packed 
Non-Shelf-Stable Meat and Poultry Products - Document Reference Number: NOM/ADM -0084" it 
available through:  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -an/consult/nom -adm-0084/index -eng.php  (English)  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -an/consult/nom -adm-0084/index -fra.php  (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 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca  
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