. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TUR/14 
19 April 2011 
 (11-2019) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  TURKEY
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, General Directorate of 
Protection and Control 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  All foodstuff 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Regulation on the Official Controls of Food and Feed 
Language(s):  Turkish  Number of pages:  19 
6. Description of content:  The objective of this Regulation is to lay down the principles and 
procedures on the official controls of food a nd feed to ensure the implementation of the 
provisions of the Law concerning the preven tion, elimination or reduction to acceptable 
levels of the risks to animals and humans e ither directly or through the environment, 
prevention of the unfair competition in food and feed trade and protecting consumer interests, including food and feed labelling and other forms of consumer information. 
This Regulation involves the procedures and pr inciples for the traceability on food and feed 
and rapid alert system, emergency situations, precautionary measures, crisis management, instruction of the public opinion, all kinds of o fficial controls, official certificates, annual 
and multi-annual national control plan s, obligations and objections.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [X] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    G/SPS/N/TUR/14 
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  [X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] 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:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  1 July 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  1 July 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  13 December 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  18 June 2011 
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:   
General Directorate of Protection and Control  
Akay caddesi No: 3  
06100 Bakanliklar- Ankara Fax:  +(90 312) 425 44 16 E-mail:  sps@kkgm.gov.tr 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
General Directorate of Protection and Control  
Akay caddesi No: 3  
06100 Bakanliklar- Ankara Fax:  +(90 312) 425 44 16 E-mail:  sps@kkgm.gov.tr