G/SPS/N/MAR/84  
12 May 2022 
(22-3735) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  French  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : MOROCCO  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires , 
ONSSA (National Office for Food Safety)  
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) : Processed cheese and cheese -based food preparations  
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 : Projet d'arrêté modificatif de l'arrêté conjoint du 
ministre de l'agriculture, du développement rural et des eaux et forêts, du ministre de la 
pêche maritime et du ministre de la santé No. 440-01 du 2 hija 1421 (26 février 2001) 
relatif à la durée de validi té et aux conditions de conservation du fromage fondu et des 
préparations alimentaires à base de fromage fixées dans son annexe  (Draft Order 
amending the Joint Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development, Water 
Resources and Forestry, the Minis ter of Marine Fisheries and the Minister of Health No. 
440-01 of 2 hija 1421 (2 6 February 2 001) on shelf life and storage requirements for 
processed cheese and cheese -based food preparations , established in its annex) 
Language(s) : French Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/MAR/22_3386_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content : Given that processed cheeses and certain cheese -based food 
preparations  contain perishable dairy ingredients that deteriorate considerably in quality 
when on sale for long periods, expiry dates for such products are thus required in order 
to provide consumers with healthy and good quality products.  
7. Object ive 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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex-Stan 1 -1985, revision 2018  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM number) : 
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/MAR/84  
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Ye s [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
internatio nal standard:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 11 July 2 022 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  
Division de la Nor malisation et des Questions SPS  (Standardization and SPS Matters 
Division)  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  (Directorate of Risk 
Assessment and Legal Affairs)  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: (+212) 05 37 67 65 11/13  
GSM: 006 7399 7817  
Fax: (+212) 05 3768 2049  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires  
Division de la Normalisation et des Questions SPS  
Direction de l'Évaluation des Risques et des Affaires Juridiques  
Avenue Hadj Ahmed Cherkaoui  
Tel.: (+212) 05 37 67 65 11/13  
GSM: 006 7399 7817  
Fax: (+212) 05 3768 2049  
Email: enquirypoint.spsmar@onssa.gov.ma  
Website: http://www.onssa.gov.ma