. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/39 
11 May 2006 
 (06-2290) 
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  
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 items including Processed Food items.  
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 pages of the notified document:  The Prevention of Food 
Adulteration (First Amendment) Rules, 2006. Notification no. G.S.R. 8(E) - 6 January 2006 (Available in English and Hindi, 79 pages).  
6. Description of content:  Through the Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) (First 
Amendment) Rules, 2006 the existing Appendix B relating to Rule 5 of the PFA have been 
enlarged by specifying the definitions and st andards of quality with respect to Spices and 
Condiments.  
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 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-Sec tion (i), dated 9 January 2006 (Available in 
English and Hindi).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Already in force.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Already in force.  G/SPS/N/IND/39 
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  12. Final date for comments:  No comment period has been give n as Codex and other relevant 
standards have been considered with respect to the amendment.  
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:   
Dr. D. Chattopadhya, Asstt. Director Gene ral, Department of Health, Ministry of 
Health and Family welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-110-011 INDIA Tel:  00-91-11- 23062290;  Fax:  00-91-11- 23061968 
Email:  adgpfa@nic.in
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifi cation authority, [   ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Website of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare,  Government of India, 
http://www.mohfw.nic.in/pfa:htm  
 Dr. D. Chattopadhya, Asstt. Director Gene ral, Department of Health, Ministry of 
Health and Family welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-110-011 
INDIA 
Tel:  00-91-11- 23062290;  Fax:  00-91-11- 23061968 Email:  adgpfa@nic.in