. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/142 
14 July 2008  
 (08-3391) 
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):  Fish and fishery products 
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:  Draft of Sanitation 
Standards for Fish and Fishery Product s (available in English, 1 page) 
http://members.wto.or g/crnattachments/2008/sps/TPKM/08_2073_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/sps/TPKM/08_2073_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  To amend the maximum tolerances of heavy metals in fish and 
fishery products.  
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:  
[ 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 General Standard for Contaminants and 
Toxins in Foods (Codex Stan 193-1995, Rev.2- 2006), one of the impor tant references for 
amending this standard.  
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Draft of Sanitation 
Standards for Fish and Fishery Products (3 July 2008, Food No. 0970404244), available in English from the National Notifi cation Authority, National Enquiry  Point, and Department of 
Health.  The standards will be published in the Offici al Government Gazette when adopted.  
The full text may be downloade d from the following website: 
http://food.doh.gov.tw/english/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:  30 August 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