. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/LKA/22 
24 January 2011  
 (11-0383) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  SRI LANKA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Food Control Administration unit 
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):  Food packaging materials and articles 
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:  Food (Packaging Materials and Articles) Regulations 
2010  Language(s):  English, Sinhala and Tamil  Number of pages:  16 
6. Description of content:  These regulations Food (Packaging Materials and Articles) cover 
the following: 
• Control of import, manufacture, transpor t, advertisement for sale, exposition for 
sale, sell, package, store, use and distri bution of any food packaging, article and 
material. 
• Any material/article which is used for fo od packaging shall have printed the words: 
"FOR FOOD USE"/any relevant words /the designated symbol.  
• Any material/article used for food packag ing shall be certified by the manufacturer 
that raw material used for the manufacture of the material meets the required quality or grade in compliance w ith international standards. 
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)    G/SPS/N/LKA/22 
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  [X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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:  Food 
(Packaging Materials and Articles) Regul ations-2010, published in the Gazette 
Extraordinary No.1660/30 of 29 June 2010 (ava ilable in English, Sinhala and Tamil. 
Electronic English version also available) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  29 June 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  1 July 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Additional Secretary/ Medical Services I 
Ministry of Health "Suwasiripaya" 
No.385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha 
Colombo - 10. Sri Lanka Tel:  + 94-11-2693175 Fax.  +94-11- 2691605 E-mail: codexlanka@health.gov. lk OR codexcontact@gmail.com 
 ddgphs@gmail.com 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Additional Secretary/ Medical Services I 
Ministry of Health "Suwasiripaya" No.385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha 
Colombo - 10. 
Sri Lanka Tel:  + 94-11-2693175 Fax.  +94-11- 2691605 E-mail: codexlanka@health.gov. lk OR codexcontact@gmail.com 
 ddgphs@gmail.com