G/SPS/N/IND/82  
 
21 February 2014  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: INDIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Ministry of Health 
and Family Welfare, Government of India 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Honey 
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 Safety and Standards (Contaminants, 
Toxins and Residues) Amendment Regulation, 2013. Notification No. 1-12/Sci. Pan (Notification)/FSSAI-2012 dated 5 December 2012  Language(s): English and Hindi
  
Number of pages: 4 
6. Description of content: Limits of antibiotics and other pharmacologically active 
substances in honey have been proposed. 
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (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)    
[ ] 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 Gazette of India Extraordinary Part III - Section 4 dated 5 December 2012 
(available in English and Hindi) G/SPS/N/IND/82 
 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Yet to be decided. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : Will come into force on the date of final publication in the official 
gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 22 April 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Shri P. Karthikeyan, Assistant, Director, SPS Enquiry Point, Food Safety and Standards 
Authority of India (FSSAI), FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road, New Delhi-110002, India. Tel: +(011) 23237419; Fax: +(011) 23220994; E-mail: baranip@yahoo.com ; Website: 
http://www.fssai.gov.in/  
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Website of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Government of 
India: http://www.fssai.gov.in/