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G/SPS/N/UKR/84 
13 August 2012 
 (12-4423) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of health of Ukraine 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Foodstuffs 
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:  The Draft order of the Ministry of health of Ukraine "On 
Approval of Microbiological Criteria for Establishing Indicators of Food Safety"  Language(s):  Ukrainian  Number of pages:  53 
6. Description of content:  The Draft Order defines the microbiological criteria for 
establishing indicators of food safety, for certain micro-organisms to be followed by operators of food industry while fulfilling the requirements for food hygiene under the Law 
of Ukraine "On Food Safety and Quality".  The draft sets requirements for research and 
sampling, labelling and to actions in case of unsatisfactory results of a study.  The Draft  Order also establishes safety and hygienic process criteria for specific categories of food and provides interpretation of research results, and sets rules for sampling, preparation of 
samples for research. 
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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 of 15 November 2005 
on Microbiological Criteria for Foodstuffs with Amendments of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1441/2007 of 5 December 2007 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    G/SPS/N/UKR/84 
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  [ ] 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:  The Laws of 
Ukraine "On Food Safety and Quality", "O n Sanitary and Epidemic Welfare of 
Population".   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  By the end of 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Three years after its official publication 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  12 October 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Division for Enquiries, Notification and Information Processing 
Department for WTO Cooperation and Trade Remedies 
Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine 04655, Kyiv, Hrushevskogo str., 12/2,  Tel:  +(38044) 596-68-39 Fax:  +(38044) 281-95-34 
E-mail:  ep@me.gov.ua 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Ministry of Health of Ukraine  
01001, Kyiv, Hrushevskogo str. , 7,  Tel:  +(38044) 253-74-53, 253-82-66 Text available at:  http://www.moz. gov.ua  (available in Ukrainian)