. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/37 
20 March 2006 
 (06-1230) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health and Family Welfare  
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):  Food items including Processed Food items.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners exporting products mentioned under item 3 to India  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Notification 
no. G.S.R. 694(E)- 25 November 2005 (Available in English and Hindi, 44 pages).  
6. Description of content:  It is proposed to amend the Prev ention of Food Adulteration Rules, 
1955 through the notification mentioned above to provide definitions of  various food related 
issues like "Expiry date", "Label" and "Food addi tives" etc.  It also prescribes other labeling 
requirements such as "Country of origin",  "Instruction for use" and other issues.  
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 standards and guide lines, wherever they 
exist have been considered  
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Gazette of India 
Extraordinary PART II – Section 3 – Sub-Sect ion (i), dated 25 November 2005 (Available in 
English and Hindi).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Yet to be decided.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date of its publication in the official Gazette.  G/SPS/N/IND/37 
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  12. Final date for comments:  No comments period has been provided as Codex or relevant 
international standards have been considered while making the changes through this amendment.  
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:   
Dr. D. Chattopadhya, Asstt. Director General, Department of Health, Ministry of Health and 
Family welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-110- 011, Tel:  00-91-11- 23062290, Fax:  00-
91-11- 23061968, INDIA. Email:  adgpfa@nic.in
 
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Website of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, 
http://www.mohfw.nic.in/pfa:htm  
 Dr. D. Chattopadhya, Asstt. Director General, Department of Health, Ministry of Health and 
Family welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-110- 011, Tel:  00-91-11- 23062290, Fax:  00-
91-11- 23061968, INDIA. 
Email:  adgpfa@nic.in