. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/LKA/20 
19 August 2010 
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  SRI LANKA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Food Control Administration Unit 
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):  Food preservatives 
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:  The Draft Food (Preservatives) Regulations 2010 
Language:  English  Number of pages:  13   
6. Description of content:  These Food (Preservatives) Regulations cover: 
− Control of manufacture, import, sell, expose for sale, store, transport, distribute, use or 
advertise any food which has in or upon it any preservatives other than those permitted; 
− List of permitted preservatives;  and 
− Maximum permitted level of preservatives. 
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. 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)   
[ ] 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/LKA/20 
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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) :  17 January 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  17 January 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :    
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  18 October 2010 
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:   
Additional Secretary/ Medical Services 
Ministry of Health "Suwasiripaya" No.385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha 
Colombo - 10 
Sri Lanka Tel:  +(94 11) 269 3175 Fax:  +(94 11) 269 1605 E-mail:  codexlanka@health.gov.lk OR codexcontact@gmail.com  
 ddgphs@gmail.com 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Additional Secretary/ Medical Services  
Ministry of Health "Suwasiripaya" No.385, Rev. Baddegama Wimalawansa Thero Mawatha Colombo - 10 
Sri Lanka 
Tel:  +(94 11) 269 3175 Fax:  +(94 11) 269 1605 E-mail:  codexlanka@health.gov.lk OR codexcontact@gmail.com   ddgphs@gmail.com