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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/HKG/33 
26 March 2010 
 (10-1662) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  HONG KONG, CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Health Bureau 
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):  Food products 
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:  Paper for the Legislative Council Panel on Food Safety 
and Environmental Hygiene:  Food Safety Bill  Language:  Chinese and English  Number 
of pages:  48 
6. Description of content:  This paper aims to consult Legislative Council Members of 
Hong Kong, China on the detailed proposals of th e Food Safety Bill.  It also sets out the 
results of the related public consultation and the findings of the Business Impact 
Assessment (BIA) study. 
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.  The Food Safety Bill will strengthen legislative control measures on 
food safety.  The proposed new control measures include a registration scheme for food 
importers and distributors and requirement fo r food traders to maintain proper transaction 
records to enhance food traceability. 
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)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/HKG/33 
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   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) :  To be confirmed. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be confirmed. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be confirmed. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  25 May 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
http://www.fhb.gov.hk/download/press_and_pub lications/consultati on/080121_food/e_foo
d_safety_bill.pdf   (English) 
http://www.fhb.gov.hk/download/press_and_pub lications/consultati on/080121_food/c_foo
d_safety_bill.pdf   (Chinese) 
 
Food Branch Food and Health Bureau 20/F, Murray Building Garden Road 
Hong Kong 
Fax:  +852 2136 3281 E-mail:  enquiry@fhb.gov.hk