. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/158 
15 April 2009 
 (09-1774) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food additives to be used in foods 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  The Draft Amendment of  Standards for Specification, 
Scope, Application and Lim itation of Food Additives  Language:  English  Number of 
pages:  3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/TPKM/09_1405_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/TPKM/09_1405_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:   
1. Establishment of standards for specification of manganese sulfate. 
2.  To amend the standard for specification of D-mannitol. 
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 N°)     
[ X ] None   G/SPS/N/TPKM/158 
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   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:  The Draft 
Amendment of Standards for Specification, Scope, Application a nd Limitation of Food 
Additives (available in English, 3 pages) (DOH Food No. 0980402702, 8 April 2009) is 
available in English from the National Notification Authority, National Enquiry Point, and Department of Health.  The standards will be published in the Official Government Gazette 
when adopted.  The full text may be downloaded from the following website:  http://food.doh.gov.tw/english/english.asp
 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ X ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  14 June 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National Notification 
Authority, [   ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
Bureau of Food Safety 
Department of Health 3F, No. 80., Linsen N. Rd., Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel:  +(886 2) 85906666 ext 6851 
Fax:  +(886 2) 25230056 
E-mail:  fsawona@doh.gov.tw 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Bureau of Food Safety  
Department of Health 3F, No. 80., Linsen N. Rd., Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 
Tel:  +(886 2) 85906666 ext 6851 
Fax:  +(886 2) 25230056 E-mail:  fsawona@doh.gov.tw