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G/SPS/N/LKA/33 
27 September 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  SRI LANKA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Food Control Administration Unit 
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):  Food irradiation 
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:  Draft Food (Irradiation) Regulations 2012  Language(s):  
English  Number of pages:  15 
6. Description of content:  These Regulations have eight parts: 
 Part I - General Provisions 
 Part II - Treatment of Food by Ionising Radiation 
 Part III - Control of Irradiation of Foods 
 Part IV - Authorization for Food Irradi ation and Good Irradiation Practices 
 Part  V - Labelling 
 Part VI - Re - Irradiation  
 Part VII - Importation and Exportation of Irradiated Food and Packaging Materials 
 Part VIII - Interpretation 
and with the following schedules: 
 Schedule I - Advisory Technological Minimum & Maximum Doses for Various Food 
Classes 
 Schedule II - The Maximum Tolerable Doses for Primary Packaging Material. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [ ] animal health, [X] 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) Codex Stan 106 - 1983, CAC / RCP 19 - 1979 G/SPS/N/LKA/33 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  IPPC Guidelines 
for Use of Irradiation as a Phytosanitary Measure  
[ ] 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:  N/A   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  30 November 2012 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  30 November 2012 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  30 May 2013 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  30 October 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Additional Secretary / Medical Services 
Ministry of Health "Suwasiripaya" No. 385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha 
Colombo - 10 
SRI LANKA Tel:  +(94) 11 2693 175 Fax:  +(94) 11 2691 605 E-mail: codexlanka@health.gov.lk  OR codexcontact@gmail.com   
 dr.mahipala@gmail.com 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Additional Secretary / Medical Services  
Ministry of Health "Suwasiripaya" No. 385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha Colombo - 10 
SRI LANKA 
Tel:  +(94) 11 2693 175 Fax:  +(94) 11 2691 605 E-mail: codexlanka@health.gov.lk  OR codexcontact@gmail.com   
 dr.mahipala@gmail.com