G/SPS/N/CAN/1178  
 
17 Jul y 2018  
(18-4465) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Health Canada  
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): Gellan Gum (ICS Codes: 67.220.20, 67.100.01)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be aff ected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted 
Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents to Enable  the Use of Gellan Gum in 
Certain Standardized Flavoured Milks - Reference Number: NOM/ADM -0119. 
Language(s): English and French.  Number of pages: 3 and 4  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CAN/18_3750_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CAN/18_3750_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content: Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a detailed safety 
evaluation of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of gellan gum in the 
manufacture of certain standardized flavoured milks.  
Gellan gum is already permi tted for use in unstandardized dairy products and 
unstandardized beverages at maximum levels of use of 0.15% and 0.08%, respectively.  
As the safety in use of the additive was supported by Health Canada's evaluation, the 
Department has enabled the use of th e food additive gellan gum described in the 
information document below by updating the List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, 
Stabilizing or Thickening Agents, effective 9 July 2018.  
The purpose of this communication is to publically announce the Departme nt'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 this food 
additive.  
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.  G/SPS/N/CAN/1178  
 
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  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 relevant international standard?  
[ ] 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: Health 
Canada's Food and Nutrition – "Public Involvement and Partnerships " Website, posted 
9 July 2018 (available in English and French):  
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/food -nutrition/public -involvement -
partnerships.html   (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/aliments -nutrition/participation -public -
partenariats.html   (French)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 9 July 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 9 July 2018  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 21 September 2018  
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:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1178  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The "Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or 
Thickening Agents to Enable the Use of Gellan Gum in Certain Standardized Flavoured 
Milks - Reference Number: NOM/ADM -0119" is available through the following weblink:  
 
https://www.canada.ca/en/health -canada/services/food -nutrition/public -involvement -
partnerships/modification -permitted -thickening -gellan -gum-milk.html   (English)  
https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante -canada/services/aliments -nutrition/participation -public -
partenariats/modification -autorises -epaississants -laits-gomme -gellan.html   (French)  
 
or requested from:  
 
Canada's SPS & TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa (ON) K1A 0G2  
Canada  
Tel: +(343) 203 4273 
Fax: +(613) 943  0346 
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca