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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/164/Add.1 
10 August 2010  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum
 
  
The following communication, received on 6 Augus t 2010, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of Canada
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Regulations Amending the Food and Drug Regulations (1558 - Food Additives)
 
 Health Canada has received submissions from industry requesting that the Regulations be 
amended to enable the use of the following food additives.  
 As a means to improve the responsiveness of the regulatory system, Interim Marketing 
Authorizations (IMAs) were issued to permit the immediate use of these food additives, while the 
regulatory process was undertaken to formally ame nd the Regulations.  They were published in the 
"Government Notices" section of the Canada Gazette , Part I, as follows: 
− 3 February 2001, for glycerol ester of wood rosi n in beverages containing citrus or spruce oils; 
− 3 November 2001, for hydrogen peroxide in the production of oat hull fibre;  
− 1 February 2003, for sodium hydroxide in wh ey cheese (Ricotta cheese) (notified as 
G/SPS/N/CAN/160);  
− 15 March 2003, for microcrystalline cellulose in whi pping cream that has been heat-treated below 
100°C (notified as G/SPS/N/CAN/164);  
− 14 February 2004, for sucrose esters of fatty acids  in unstandardized confectionery products 
(notified as G/SPS/N/CAN/197);  and  
− 17 July 2004, for microcrystalline cellulose in breath freshening strips (notified as 
G/SPS/N/CAN/209).  
 Members were informed that a revision to the notifications would be published at the start of 
the amendment process at which time a comment period would be provided.  (In the case of the February 2001 and November 2001 Government Notices,  these IMAs were issued prior to June 2002, 
the date Canada began to notify its IMAs.  At the time that these IMAs were issued, it was anticipated 
that the WTO notification would occur later when  the appropriate regulatory amendments were 
published in the Canada Gazette , Part I.) 
 However, in July 2006, the Canadian regul atory process was modified to permit regulatory 
amendments having low significance when assessed against a triage frame work to proceed directly to 
final approval and publication in Canada Gazette , Part II. 
 The IMAs noted above are enabling measures as they allow the sale of additional foods 
containing the food additive, or the sale of food containing the food additive at higher levels than 
previously permitted.  No concerns or issues have been identified by Canada's trading partners since 
the IMAs were issued.  G/SPS/N/CAN/164/Add.1 
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   Therefore, the Food and Drug Regulations  have been amended to permit the use of the food 
additives mentioned above in the specified applications. 
 These IMAs were revoked on 7 July 2010, the date on which these amendments came into 
force. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    
Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
   
Text available from:  [ ] National Notification Au thority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The full text of the adopted measure can be downl oaded from the Internet addresses indicated below: 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/201 0/2010-07-07/html/sor-dors142-eng.html
 (English) 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/20 10/2010-07-07/html/sor-dors142-fra.html   (French) 
 http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p2/2010/2010-07-07/p df/g2-14414.pdf
 (SOR/2010-142)   
 or requested from: 
Canadian Enquiry Point 
Standards Council of Canada 200-270 Albert Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6N7 Tel.:  +(613) 238 3222 
Fax:  +(613) 569 7808 
E-mail:  enquirypoint@scc.ca  
   
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