. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/SAU/5 
8 November 2010 
 (10-5956) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  Saudi Food and Drug Authority 
2. Agency responsible:  Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) 
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):  Foodstuffs (ICS Code:  67.040)  
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:  General Requirements For Processed Genetically 
Modified Food and Feed  Language:  English and Arabic  Number of pages:  7 and 11 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/SAU/10_4210_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/SAU/10_4210_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Technical Regulation concerns general requirements 
for processed food and feed obtained through certain techniques of genetic modification 
and processed food and feed that contain or pr oduced from genetically modified organism 
(GMO) if the GMO present is higher than 1 per cent of the ingredients considered individually, or if it consists of a single ingredient. 
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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] 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)    
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No  G/SPS/N/SAU/5 
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   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:   
• Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the Europ ean Parliament and of the Council of 
September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed  
• Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the Europ ean Parliament and of the Council of 
September 2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and f eed products produced from genetically 
modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC 
• GM foods: safety assessment of genetically modified foos.2005-Food standards 
Australia New Zealand 
• Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  4 January 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
http://www.saso.org.sa  
Saudi Standards, Metrolog y and Quality Organization 
P.O.BOX:  3437 Riyadh 11471  Tel:  +(966 1) 452 0000  Ext : (1378-1381-1383) 
Fax:  +(966 1) 452 0193 
E-mail:  enquirypoint@saso.org.sa 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
http://www.saso.org.sa  
Saudi Standards, Metrolog y and Quality Organization 
P.O.BOX:  3437 Riyadh 11471  
Tel:  +(966 1) 452 0000  Ext : (1378-1381-1383) 
Fax:  +(966 1) 452 0193 E-mail:  enquirypoint@saso.org.sa