. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/TPKM/145 
11 November 2008  
 (08-5463) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF 
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Health 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numb er(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Soy sauce and related condiments 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
trading partners 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft of Sanitation 
Standard for the Tolerance of 3-Monochloro-1 , 2-Propanediol in Soy Sauce (available in 
English, 1 page) 
http://members.wto.or g/crnattachments/2008/sps/TPKM/08_3579_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2008/sps/TPKM/08_3579_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The amendment of the draft is to lower the maximum tolerance of  
3-monochloro-1, 2-propanediol in soy sauce and related condiments from 1 ppm to 0.4 ppm.  
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:  Summary and conclusions of 31st session of the 
Codex alimentarius comm ission (30 June - 4 July 2008, Gene va, Switzerland) is one of the 
important references for amending this standard. 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   Draft of Sanitation 
Standard for the Tolerance of 3-Monochloro-1 , 2-Propanediol in Soy Sauce (available in 
English, 1 page) (DOH Food No. 0970408036, 29 Oc tober 2008) is available in English from 
the National Notification Authority, National Enqu iry Point, and Department of Health.  The 
standards will be published in th e Official Government Gazette when adopted.  The full text 
may be downloaded from the following website:  http://food.doh.gov.tw/e nglish/english.asp  G/SPS/N/TPKM/145 
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  10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined. 
12. Final date for comments:  31 December 2008 
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: 
Bureau of Food Safety 
Department of Health 
12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei , Taiwan, Postal Code 100 
Tel:  +(886 2) 2321 0151 ext 353 Fax:  +(886 2) 2392 9723 E-mail:  fswang@doh.gov.tw 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notifica tion authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Bureau of Food Safety 
Department of Health 
12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei , Taiwan, Postal Code 100 
Tel:  +(886 2) 2321 0151 ext 353 Fax:  +(886 2) 2392 9723 E-mail:  fswang@doh.gov.tw