. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NPL/3 
30 November 2006 
 (06-5759) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  NEPAL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Government of Nepal, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, 
Department of Food Technology and Quality Control 
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):   here applicable):   Maize (corn), wheat, paneer , cinnamon powder and fortified 
wheat flour  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any 
country exporting the products in No 3 to Nepal 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Here are the four 
documents to be notified: 
1. Proposed quality standard for maize (A vailable in Nepali Language, 1 page) 
2. Proposed quality standard for wheat (A vailable in Nepali Language, 1 page) 
3. Proposed quality standard for paneer (Available in Nepali Language, 1 page) 
4. Proposed quality standard for cinnamon powde r (Available in Nepali language, 1 page) 
5. Proposed volunteer quality standard for wh eat flour (Available in Nepali language, 
1 page) 
6. Description of content:  The Department of Food Technology and Quality Control 
proposes the quality standards for a bove mentioned food products : 
 as a compulsory provision under food law and regulation; 
 to monitor export / import of these food products; and 
 to make available safe and qualit y food products to the consumer. 
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:   G/SPS/N/NPL/3 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Available in Nepali 
language. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  After Publishing in Nepal Gazette. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  After Publishing in Nepal Gazette.  
12. Final date for comments:  1 February 2007. 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Department of Food Technology and Quality Control 
E-mail:  dftqc@mail.com.np  
Fax no.:  00977-1-4226337  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The texts will be available from: 
 Dr. Krishna Bahadur Shrestha Joint Secretary and Focal Point for 
National SPS Notification Authority, 
Agri-business Promotion and Statistics Division Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kathmandu Government of Nepal Email:  kppant@gmail.com, ghimiresr@gmail.com   
Fax:  0097714225825