G/SPS/N/CAN/1059/Add.1  
 
11 May 2017  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English/French  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 11 May 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Canada . 
 
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Notice of Modification – Lists of Permitted Food Additives  
Notice of Modification to the List of  Permitted Food Additives with Other Accepted Uses  to  
Enable the Use of Lactococcus lactis  DSM 11037 as an Oxygen Scavenger in Certain Modified 
Atmosphere -Packaged (MAP) or Vacuum -Packaged Preserved Meat Products – Reference Number: 
NOM/ADM -0095 
Backgroun d 
Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a scientific assessment of a preparation containing a 
live culture of the bacterium Lactococcus lactis  (L. lactis ) DSM 11037 for use as an oxygen 
scavenger in certain modified atmosphere -packaged (MAP) or vacuum -packaged non -shelf-stable 
cured meat products.  
The results of Health Canada's evaluation of available scientific data support the safety and 
efficacy of L. lactis  DSM 11037 when used for this purpose. Since this is a food additive that was 
not previously permitted for use in Canada, Health Canada published a Notice of Proposal to 
Enable the Use of L. lactis DSM 11037 as an Oxygen Scavenger in Certain Modified Atmosphere -
Packaged (MAP) and Vacuum -Packaged Preserved Meat Products  (http://hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -
an/consult/nop -avp-0021/index -eng.php ) on 20 September  2016, requesting comments. 
The comment period was open for 75 days, during which no new scientific information about t his 
additive was submitted to the Department in response to this publication. Since the conclusions of 
the evaluation remain as described in the Notice of Proposal, Health Canada has modified the List 
of Permitted Food Additives with Other Accepted Uses (http://hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -
an/securit/addit/list/8 -other -autre -eng.php ), effective 3 May 2017.  
The purpose of this communication is to publically announce the Departmen t's decision 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.  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CAN/17_2222_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/C AN/17_2222_00_f.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  G/SPS/N/CAN/1059/Add.1  
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially  affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, 
the comment period provided in the addendum m ay vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax n umber and e -mail address (if available) of 
other body:  
  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
The electronic version of: "Notice of Modification to the List of Permitted Food Additives with Other 
Accepted Uses  to Enable the Use of Lactococcus lactis  DSM 11037 as an Oxygen Scavenger in 
Certain Modified Atmosphere -Packaged (MAP) or Vacuum -Packaged Preserved Meat Products – 
Reference Numb er: NOM/ADM -0095" it available through:  
http://hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -an/consult/nom -adm-0095/index -eng.php  (English)  
http://hc -sc.gc.ca/fn -an/consult/nom -adm-0095/index -fra.php  (French)  
or requested from:  
Canada's SPS and TBT Notification Authority and Enquiry Point  
Technical Barriers and Regulations Division  
Global Affairs Canada  
111 Sussex Drive  
Ottawa, Ontario  
K1A 0G2  
Tel: + (343) 203 4273  
Fax: +(613) 943 0346  
E-mail: enquirypoint@international.gc.ca   
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