. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/54 
13 February 2008  
 (08-0646) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDIA
  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health and Family  Welfare, Government of India 
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):  Food products with food additives 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
trading partners exporting food additives to India and those producing food additives for 
storage or sell in India 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Prevention of Food 
Adulteration (Amendment) Rules, 2007.  Notifi cation No. G.S.R. 751 (E) dated 5 December 
2007 (available in Hindi and English, 7 pages) 
6. Description of content:   
(i) Every package of food which is permitted to contain artificial sw eetener shall carry a 
label, namely, "This contains ………………….  (name of artificial sweeteners)".  
(ii) In the table related to Maximum Limit of  Artificial Sweetener in case of Acesulfame 
Potassium, the following food arti cle shall be inserted namely, Fruit Nectars and Concentrate 
for fruit nectars and their maximum limit of ar tificial sweeteners as 300 ppm and 300 ppm (in 
final beverage for consumption) respectively. 
(iii) In the table related to Maximum Limit of Artificial Sweetener in case of Sucralose, 
the food article "Lozenges" with 1500 ppm as ma ximum limit of artifici al sweeteners should 
be inserted (earlier sub-rule regarding use of Xanthan gum was omit ted with effect from 
21 March 2006). 
(iv) Editorial changes have be en made in the rule related to Conditions for Sale and 
Licence. 
(v) In the rule related to Restriction on use of emulsifying and stabilizing agent, one sub-
rule regarding use of Xanthan gum in non diar y whip toppings and bakery mixes shall be 
inserted. 
(vi) In the items related to Sweetening Agents, one item na mely, Sucralose along with its 
description should be added. 
(vii) Expanding the detail of the item Lozenges  by adding provisions of labelling.  The 
notification also aims at relaxing the lower lim it of sucrose in logenzes so long permitted 
artificial sweeteners are used in these products. G/SPS/N/IND/54 
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   (viii) In the table related to List of Food Additives for use in Food, some editorial 
corrections have been made in the f ood items categorized as instant mixes. 
(ix) In the table related to List of Food Ad ditives for use in Food, in the items in the 
column of  Sucralose 1500 ppm maximum sh all be inserted in case of lozenges. 
(x) Expanding the table of List of Food Add itives for use in Food by adding a category 
i.e.  Miscellaneous to include five new additives.  
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:  
[   ] 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 of FAO/Codex have been 
considered. 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   The Gazette of India 
Extraordinary PART II – Sec tion 3 – Sub-Section (i), date d 5 December 2007 (available in 
Hindi and English) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Yet to be decided. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Yet to be decided. 
12. Final date for comments:  28 February 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: 
Dr. D. Chattopadhya, Assistant Director General, Internationa l Food Division, SPS Enquiry 
Point for Food Safety, Department of Health, Mi nistry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman 
Bhawan, New Delhi – 110 011, Tel:  +(91 11)  2306 1968, Fax:  +(91 11) 2306 1083, India. 
E-mail:  adgif-mohfw@nic.in 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or 
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Website of the Ministry of Health & Fa mily Welfare, Government of India - 
http://www.mohfw.nic.in/pfa.htm  
 
Dr. D. Chattopadhya, Assistant Di rector General, International Food Division, Department of 
Health, Ministry of Health a nd Family Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi – 110 011, Tel: 
+(91 11) 2306 1968, Fax:  +(91 11) 2306 1083, India.  E-mail:  adgif-mohfw@nic.in