. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/158/Rev.1 
9 October 2006 
 (06-4822) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision  
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CANADA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Health Canada 
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:    
Canadian Enquiry Point 
200-270 Albert Street Ottawa Ontario 
Canada, K1P 6N7  
Tel.:   +1 613 238 3222 Fax.:  +1 613 569 7808 E-mail: info@scc.ca  
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):   Orange juice  
(ICS:  67.160) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Interim Marketing 
Authorization regarding orange juice fortifie d with calcium, with or without vitamin D 
(2 pages, Available in English and French). 
6. Description of content:   The addition of nutrients to foods sold in Canada is regulated 
under the Food and Drug Regulations.  An Interim Marketing Authorization (IMA) was 
published in the Canada Gazette , Part I, on 22 April 2006 (G/SPS/N/CAN/259 and 
G/TBT/N/CAN/158), to permit the addition of calcium, with or without vitamin D, to orange juice, or orange and tangerine juice sold as such, in fluid, concentrated, or reconstituted forms, while the regulatory pro cess to amend the Regulations formally was 
undertaken.  
 The present notice replaces the IMA of 22 April 2006, and amends the labelling requirements for orange juice and orange and tangerine juice with added calcium, with or 
without added vitamin D. G/TBT/N/CAN/158/Rev.1 
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Therefore, it is the intention of Health Canada to recommend that the Food and Drug 
Regulations  be amended to permit the addition of ca lcium, with or without vitamin D, to 
orange juice, or orange and tangerine juice sold as such, in fluid, concentrated, or reconstituted forms. 
 
As a means to improve the responsiveness of th e regulatory system, an Interim Marketing 
Authorization is being issued to permit the im mediate sale of orange juice, and orange and 
tangerine juice, with added calcium, with or  without added vitamin D, as indicated above, 
while the regulatory process is undertaken to formally amend the Regulations. A revision to 
this notification will be published at the st art of the amendment process and Members will 
be given the opportunity at that time to submit comments on this proposed measure.  
This document has also been notified under the SPS Agreement 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health 
8. Relevant documents:   Canada Gazette, Part I, 30 September 2006, Pages 2888-2889 
(Available in English and French). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    Immediate for this IMA.  For the final 
regulation, will be stated in subsequent Revision 
or Addendum to this notification. 
Immediate for this IMA.  For the final 
regulation, will be stated in subsequent Revision 
or Addendum to this notification. 
10. Final date for comments:   This document is not for comment at this time.  A comment 
period will be provided in a Re vision of this notification 
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:   
The electronic version of the regulatory text can be downloaded at:   
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2006/20060930/pdf/g1-14039.pdf