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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/LKA/5 
31 May 2006 
 (06-2617) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SRI LANKA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Food Control Administration Unit, Ministry of Healthcare & 
Nutrition 
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):  Irradiated Foods  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Food (Irradiation) 
Regulations-2005.  (Available in Sinha la, Tamil and English, 21 pages).  
6. Description of content:  These regulations have seven parts, which cover the following: 
Part – I  General provisions,  
Part – II Treatment of food by ionising radiation, Part – III Control of irradiation of foods, 
Part – IV Authorization for food irra diation and good irradiation practices, 
Part – V Labelling, Part – VI Re-irradiation, 
Part – VII Importation and expor tation of irradiated foods. 
  Schedule of foods permitted fo r irradiation – maximum and 
minimum levels. 
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex standard 106 – 1983, Rev.1-2003.  G/SPS/N/LKA/5 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available: 
Food ( Irradiation ) Regulations – 2005, P ublished in the Government Gazette   
Extraordinary No.:  1420/5 of 21
st November 2005.  (Available in Sinhala, Tamil and 
English.  Electronic English versions also available)  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  1 May 2006  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 May 2006  
12. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
 Director (E & OH) & Food Safety, 
 Food Control Administration Unit / National Enquiry Point,  Ministry of Healthcare, Nutrition,  385, Ven.Baddegama Wimalawansa Mawatha,  Colombo – 10, Sri Lanka. 
 
 Telephone No.: + 094-011-2672004  Fax No.: +094-011- 2672004  E – mail: shan@health.gov.lk 
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
 Director (E & OH) & Food Safety, 
 Food Control Administration Unit / National Enquiry Point, 
 Ministry of Healthcare, Nutrition,  385, Ven.Baddegama Wimalawansa Mawatha,  Colombo – 10, Sri Lanka.  
 Telephone No.: + 094-011-2672004 
 Fax No.: +094-011- 2672004  E – mail: shan@health.gov.lk