. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/NPL/12 
27 July 2009  
 (09-3660) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  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):  Corn flakes, preservatives, heavy metals, fennel, green tea, luncheon meat 
and rice 
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:  Here are the four documents to be notified: 
1. Proposed quality standard for Corn flak es (available in Ne pali language, 1 page) 
2. Proposed quality standard for Preservativ es (available in Nepali language, 5 pages) 
3. Proposed quality standard for Heavy meta ls (available in Nepa li language, 5 pages) 
4. Proposed quality standard for Fennel (available in Nepali language, 1 page) 
5. Proposed quality standard for Green t ea (available in Nepali language, 2 pages) 
6. Proposed quality standard for Luncheon m eat (available in Nepali language, 2 pages) 
7. Proposed quality standard for Rice (a vailable in Nepali language, 2 pages) 
Language:     Number of pages:       
6. Description of content:  The Department of Food Tec hnology and Quality Control 
proposes the quality standards for above 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. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    G/SPS/N/NPL/12 
Page 2  
 
  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] 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:  Available in 
Nepali 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  After publication in Nepal Gazette  
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :      
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  After publication in Nepal Gazette 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  30 September 2009 
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:    
Department of Food Technology and Quality Control 
E-mail:  dftqc@mail.com.np; spsnepal@ntc.net.np Fax.:  +(977 1) 422 6337 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Joint Secretary and Focal Point for National SPS Notification Authority 
Agri-business Promotion and Statistics Division Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Kathmandu, Nepal E-mail: ghimiresr@gmail.com 
 ganga1971@yahoo.com  
Fax:  +(977 1) 421 1839 
Department of Food Technology and Quality Control 
SPS National Enquiry Point Babarmahal Kathmandu, Nepal 
E-mail:  spsnepal@ntc.net.np, dgdf tqc@mail.com.np, dftqc@mail.com.np 
Fax:  +(977 1) 422 6337