. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/117 
21 November 2007  
 (07-5116) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF 
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Health 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Foods derived from recombinant-DNA plants 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Countries exporting the products concerned to the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Guidelines for Food 
Safety Assessment of Gene tically Modified Foods De rived from Recombinant-DNA 
Organisms  (Available in  English,  15 pages) 
6. Description of content:  The draft revises the guidelines  for food safety assessment of 
genetically modified foods deri ved from recombinant-DNA plants.  
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:  The "Guidelines for the Conduct of Food Safety 
Assessment of Foods Derived from Recombinant-DNA Plants" is the reference.  The full 
texts may be downloaded from the following website:  
http://www.codexalimentarius.net/ download/standards/10021/CXG_045e.pdf  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Draft Guidelines for 
Food Safety Assessment of Genetically Modi fied Foods Derived from Recombinant-DNA 
Organisms available in English from the Natio nal Notification Authority, National Enquiry 
Point, and Department of Health.  The amendment will be published in the Official Government Gazette when adopted.  The full texts may be downloaded from the following 
website:  http://food.doh.gov.tw/e nglish/english.asp
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:    To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  18 January 2008 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Bureau of Food Safety 
 Department of Health 
 12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taip ei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100 
 Tel:  +(886 2) 2321 0151 ext 326  Fax:  +(886 2) 2392 9723  E-mail:  fshtlin@doh.gov.tw 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 Bureau of Food Safety 
 Department of Health 
 12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taip ei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100 
 Tel:  +(886 2) 2321 0151 ext 326  Fax:  +(886 2) 2392 9723  E-mail:  fshtlin@doh.gov.tw