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G/SPS/N/PHL/201 
13 July 2011  
 (11-3497) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  PHILIPPINES 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - Department of Health 
(DOH) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  HS Code: 1905.90.90 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Final Draft Recommended Code of Practice for the 
Processing and Handling of Ethnic Flour-Based Confectioneries ( Polvoron, Piaya , and 
Barquillos )  Language(s):  English  Number of pages:  29 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/PHL/11_2123_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This code is intende d to provide gui delines in the processing and 
handling of ethnic flour-based confectioneries ( polvoron, piaya , and barquillos ) in order to 
achieve compliance with the standards of the aforementioned products packed in any 
suitable packaging material and/or container. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [X] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) CAC 1995 - FAO/WHO CAC Manual 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/PHL/201 
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   If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  22 August 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  22 August 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  16 August 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Philippine National SPS Enquiry Point 
Office of the Director  Policy Research Service Department of Agriculture  3
rd Floor, DA Building, Elliptical Road 
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines 
Tel:  +(632) 926 7439 
Fax:  +(632) 928 0590 E-mail:  epad.polreser@lycos.com