G/SPS/N/CAN/944  
 
21 July 2015  
(15-3730)  Page: 1/2  
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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Bacillus amyloliquefaciens  (ICS Codes: 67.220, 67.060, 
67.100.30, 67.120.10, 67.120.99, 67.160, 67.190, 67.230) 
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: Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food 
Enzymes  to Enable the Use of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens  as a Source Organism for Food 
Enzymes that are Currently Permitted to be Sourced from Bacillus subtilis   
Language(s): English and French  Number of pages: 8 and 9 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CAN/15_2816_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CAN/15_2816_00_f.pdf  
6. Description of content: Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a detailed safety 
assessment of a food additive submissi on seeking approval for the use of Bacillus 
amyloliquefaciens  as a permitted source organism for those enzymes (namely amylase, 
glucanase, hemicellulase, pentosanase and protease) that can also be sourced from Bacillus subtilis . 
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens  is already listed as an approved source organism for amylase 
for use in infant cereal products. 
As no safety concerns were raised through this assessment, the Department has enabled 
the food additive use described in the information document below by updating the  List 
of Permitted Food Enzymes , effective 15 July 2015. 
Health Canada's Food Directorate is committed to reviewing any new scientific 
information on the safety in use of any food additive, including the food enzyme Bacillus 
amyloliquefaciens . Anyone wishing to submit new scientific information on the use of 
this food additive or to submit any inquiries may do so in writing, by regular mail or electronically. 
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.   G/SPS/N/CAN/944 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text) The Inventory of Substances Used as Processing 
Aids (IPA), which is a reference tool maintained by the Codex Committee on 
Food Additives (CCFA), lists both B. subtilis  and B. amyloliquefaciens  as sources 
of various enzymes, and notes in particular that B. subtilis  formerly also covered 
the strains that are now known under the name B. amyloliquefaciens . 
[ ] 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: 
Health Canada's Food and Nutrition - "Public Involvement and Partnerships" Website, posted 15 July 2015 (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) : 15 July 2015 
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) : 15 July 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 27 September 2015 
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:   
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:  The  
"Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food Enzymes  to Enable the Use of 
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens  as a Source Organism for Food Enzymes that are Currently 
Permitted to be Sourced from Bacillus subtilis " is available through the following 
weblink:  
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/cons ult/nom-adm-0053/index-eng.php  (English) 
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/cons ult/nom-adm-0053/index-fra.php  (French)