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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/115 
17 September 2007 
 (07-3869) 
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):  Pulses and legume vegetables 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft of Standard for the 
Tolerance of Heavy Metals in Pu lses and Legume Vegetables (a vailable in English, 1 page) 
6. Description of content:  To establish the maximum tolerances  of lead and cadmium in pulses 
and legume vegetables.  
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:  Codex General Standard for Contaminants and 
Toxins in Foods (Codex Stan 193-1995, Rev.2-2006 ) is one of the impor tant references for 
establishing this standard. 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Draft of Sanitation 
Standard for the Tolerance of Heavy Metals in  Pulses and Legume Ve getables (10 September 
2007, Food No. 0960406286) is available in En glish from the National Notification 
Authority, National Enquiry Point, and Depa rtment of Health. The standards will be 
published in the Official Government Gaze tte when adopted. The full text may be 
downloaded from the following website: http://food.doh.gov.tw/english/A cts_Regulations/Proposed.asp
 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  to be determined. G/SPS/N/TPKM/115 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  5 November 2007 
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) 23 21 01 51 ext 353  Fax:  +(886 2) 23 92 97 23  E-mail:  fswang@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) 23 21 01 51 ext 353  Fax:  +(886 2) 23 92 97 23  E-mail:  fswang@doh.gov.tw