. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/144 
15 October 2008  
 (08-4935) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF 
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Health 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food grade salt 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proposed Revocation of 
Water Insoluble Matter Limitation for Food Gr ade Salt (available in English, 1 page) 
http://members.wto.or g/crnattachments/2008/sps/TPKM/08_3248_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/sps/TPKM/08_3248_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The requirement of water insolubl e matter not more than 0.01% for 
food grade salt is proposed to be revoked.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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 Standard for Food Grade Salt (Codex 
Stan 150-1985, Amend. 3-2006) is one of th e important references  for amending this 
standard. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Proposed Revocation 
of Water Insoluble Matter  Limitation for Food Grade Salt (DOH Food No. 0970406911, 
2 October 2008) is available in English from the National Notification Authority, National Enquiry Point, and Department of Health.  Th e standards will be publis hed in the Official 
Government Gazette when adopted.  The fu ll text may be downloaded from the following 
website:  http://food.doh.gov.tw/e nglish/english.asp
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  4 December 2008 
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: 
Bureau of Food Safety 
Department of Health 
12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei , Taiwan, Postal Code 100 
Tel:  +(886 2) 2321 0151 ext 353 Fax:  +(886 2) 2392 9723 E-mail:  fswang@doh.gov.tw 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Bureau of Food Safety 
Department of Health 
12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei , Taiwan, Postal Code 100 
Tel:  +(886 2) 2321 0151 ext 353 Fax:  +(886 2) 2392 9723 E-mail:  fswang@doh.gov.tw