. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/AUS/59 
10 December 2007 
 (07-5476) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   AUSTRALIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Food Standards Australia New Zealand 
PO Box 7186 
Canberra BC  ACT  2610 AUSTRALIA Fax: (+61) 2 6271 2278    
Email  standards.management@foodstandards.gov.au 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   All Countries.  Imported 
(as well as domestically produced) honey  sold in Australia / New Zealand . 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Application A602 – 
Extraneous Residue Limit (Paradichlorobenzene)  (121 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   Purpose of Application A602 is to include an extraneous residue 
limit of 0.1 mg/kg for paradichlorobenzene (1,4 -dichlorobenzene) in honey for five years.    
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   
To incorporate a temporary extraneous residue limit to allow the sale of honey containing 
residues of paradichlorobenzene, provided that the residues do not exceed 0.1 mg/kg. The ERL for 1,4 - dichlorobenzene is being notif ied under the TBT Agreement because it is a 
limit to allow residues that are not a public hea lth concern to be present in honey and unlike 
Maximum Residue Limits, are not associated with the contemporary use of an approved 
chemical product. It is therefore a technical issue and not a sanitary or phytosanitary 
measure.  
All Applications to vary the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code , must be assessed 
in the context of the following objectives:  (a) th e protection of public health and safety; (b) 
the provision of adequate information relati ng to food to enable consumers to make 
informed choices; and (c) the preventio n of misleading or deceptive conduct. G/TBT/N/AUS/59 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (English) 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
  
Proposed date of entry into force:    Notification to Government anticipated late 
2007 with adoption (gazettal) to follow, pending Government consideration. 
Date of Gazettal pending Government 
consideration. 
10. Final date for comments:   8 February 2008 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Documents are available fro m the Food Standards Austra lia New Zealand website: 
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/standardsdev elopment/documentsforpublicco868.cfm