. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/44 
10 August 2006 
 (06-3857) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Infant food and infant milk substitutes  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners exporting products mentioned under item 3 to India.  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Draft Prevention of 
Food Adulteration (Fifth Amendment) Rules,  2006, Notification no. G.S.R. 398(E) dated 
3 July 2006 (Available in English and Hindi, 68 pages).    
6. Description of content:  Through this notification Preven tion of Food Adulteration (PFA) 
(Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2006, the standards of infant milk  substitutes/infant foods and 
labelling provisions are being amended to harm onize them with those of Codex subject to 
nutritional requirements of Indian children.  
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 standards and guide lines, wherever they 
exist, have been considered.  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Gazette of India 
Extraordinary PART II – Section 3 – Sub-Section (i), dated 3 July 2006 (Available in English 
and Hindi). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  After six months from the date of their publication in the 
Official Gazette.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  After six months from the date of their publication in 
the Official Gazette.  G/SPS/N/IND/44 
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  12. Final date for comments:  30 September 2006  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Dr D. Chattopadhya, Assistant Director General,  Department of Health, Ministry of Health 
and Family welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-110-011, India 
Tel:  91-11-23062290 Fax:  91-11-23061968 E-mail:  adgpfa@nic.in  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Dr D. Chattopadhya, Assistant Director General,  Department of Health, Ministry of Health 
and Family welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-110-011, India 
Tel:  91-11- 23062290 Fax:  91-11- 23061968 E-mail:  adgpfa@nic.in  
Website:  http://www.mohfw.nic.in/pfa:htm