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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CAN/259/Rev.1 
6 October 2006 
 (06-4802) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Health Canada  
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):   Orange juice (ICS: 67.160)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Not 
stated  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Interim Marketing 
Authorization regarding orange juice fortifie d with calcium, with or without vitamin D 
(Available in English and French, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:   
 
The addition of nutrients to foods so ld in Canada is regulated under the Food and Drug 
Regulations. An Interim Marketing Authorization (IMA) was published in the Canada 
Gazette , Part I, on 22 April 2006 (G/SPS/N/CAN/259 and G/TBT/N/CAN/158), to permit 
the addition of calcium, with or without vitamin D, to orange juice, or orange and tangerine 
juice sold as such, in fluid, concentrated , or reconstituted forms, while the regulatory 
process to amend the Regulations formally was undertaken.  
 
The present notice replaces the IMA of 22 April 2006, and amends the labelling requirements for orange juice and orange and tangerine juice with added calcium, with or 
without added vitamin D. 
Therefore, it is the intention of Health Canada to recommend that the Food and Drug 
Regulations  be amended to permit the addition of ca lcium, with or without vitamin D, to 
orange juice, or orange and tangerine juice sold as such, in fluid, concentrated, or reconstituted forms. 
 As a means to improve the responsiveness of the regulatory system, an Interim Marketing 
Authorization is being issued to permit the im mediate sale of orange juice, and orange and 
tangerine juice, with added calcium, with or  without added vitamin D, as indicated above, 
while the regulatory process is undertaken to formally amend the Regulations. A revision to 
this notification will be published at the st art of the amendment process and Members will 
be given the opportunity at that time to submit comments on this proposed measure. 
This document has also been notified under the TBT Agreement (labelling requirements). G/SPS/N/CAN/259/Rev.1 
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  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: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canada Gazette, 
Part I, 30 September 2006, Pages 2888-2889 (Available in English and French) 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Immediate for this IMA.  For the final regulation, will be stated 
in subsequent Revision or A ddendum to this notification.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Immediate for this IMA.  For the final regulation, will 
be stated in subsequent Revision or Addendum to this notification.  
12. Final date for comments:  This document is not for comment at this time.  A comment 
period will be provided in a Re vision of this notification.  
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:   
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
The electronic version of the regulat ory text can be downloaded at: 
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2006/20060930/pdf/g1-14039.pdf