G/SPS/N/CAN/1104  
 
11 April 2017  
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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 w ith the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Partially hydrogenated oils (ICS Codes: 67.200)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific region s or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Notice of Proposal: Prohibiting the Use of Partially 
Hydrogenated Oils (PHOs) in Foods.  Language(s): English and French . Number of 
pages:  
6. Description of content: The purpose of this notice is to inf orm consumers and 
interested stakeholders of Health Canada’s intent to implement a prohibition on the use 
of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in foods by adding PHOs to Part 1 of the List of 
Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances in Foods (the Li st). 
By adding PHOs to Part 1 of the List, any food containing PHOs would be declared 
adulterated and its sale in Canada prohibited in accordance with section 4 of the Food 
and Drugs Act . 
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 standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or ser ial 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:   G/SPS/N/CAN/1104  
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : The day on which it is published in a 
Notice of Modification (NOM) issued by Health Canada.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 12 months following the date on which 
the NOM is published.  
11. Proposed date of entr y into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : The prohibition will come into effect the day on which it is 
published in the List of Contaminants and Other Adulterating Substances in Foods  (the 
List). Health Canada anticipates pu blication in the List to take place 12 months following 
the date on which the Notice of Modification is published.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/y y): 21 June 2017  
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:  
13. Text(s)  available from: [  ] National Notificatio n Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the Notice of Proposal is available on Health Canada' s website 
at: 
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -an/consult/nop -adp-c-2017-3/index -eng.php  (English)  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -an/consult/no p-adp-c-2017-3/index -fra.php  (French)