G/SPS/N/CAN/1070  
 
31 October 2016  
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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 with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Advantame (ICS Code: 67.220.20)  
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: Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the Use of a New 
Food Additive, Advantame, as a Sweetener in Certain Unstandardized Foods Including 
Certain Beverages - Reference Number: NOP/AVP -0022. Language(s): English and 
French. Number of pages: 5 
6. Description of content: Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a detailed safety 
assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of advantame as 
a sweetener in certain unstandardized foods, including uns tandardized beverages.  
As no safety concerns were raised through this assessment, it is the intention of Health 
Canada to enable the food additive use described in the information document. The 
purpose of this communication is to publically announce the De partment's intention 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 safet y, [ ]  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 Com mission (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:   G/SPS/N/CAN/1070  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in whi ch these are available: 
Health  Canada's Food and Nutrition - "Public Involvement and Partnerships" Website, 
posted 27 October 2016 (available in English and French):  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/ fn-an/consult/index -eng.php  (English)  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -an/consult/index -fra.php  (French)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : The proposed food additive use will be 
legally  enabled once it is published in Health Canada's List of Permitted Sweeteners  
(http://hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -an/securit/addit/list/9 -sweetener -edulcorant -eng.php ). 
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) : The food additive use noted in this document comes into force 
the day on which the modifications are made to the List of Permitted Sweeteners  
(http://hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -an/securit/addit/list/9 -sweetener -edulcorant -eng.php ). 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 9 January 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 Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
The " Health Canada's Proposal to Enable the Use of a New Food Add itive, Advantame, as 
a Sweetener in Certain Unstandardized Foods Including Certain Beverages - Reference 
Number: NOP/AVP -0022" is available through the following weblink:  
http://www .hc-sc.gc.ca/fn -an/consult/nop -avp-0022/nop -avp-0022-eng.php  (English)  
http://www.hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -an/consult/nop -avp-0022/nop -avp-0022-fra.php  (French)