. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CAN/158 
28 April 2006 
 (06-2020) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English/ 
 French 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
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 
(English and French; pages 846-847). 
6. Description of content:   Health Canada has received a number of requests to amend the 
Regulations and permit the sale of orange jui ce fortified with calcium, with or without 
vitamin D. These requests were considered under the condition that orange juice with added 
calcium would be a special purpose food, meaning that the addition of calcium, with or 
without vitamin D, to orange juice would pr ovide a substantial amount of calcium in the 
diet of individuals who are most likely to be nefit from the consumption of these products, 
namely people who do not drink milk, the major dietary source of calcium in a Canadian diet.  
 
Evaluation of available data has demonstrated th e safety of the addition of calcium, with or 
without vitamin D, to orange juice to the leve ls at which they are found in milk sold in 
Canada. Such addition of calcium to orange juice, with or without vitamin D, would 
therefore be considered appropriate provided that the labels of fortified orange juice 
products identify the product appropriately to  help consumers make informed choices.  G/TBT/N/CAN/158 
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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 (IMA) is being issued to permit the immediate sale of orange juice, and orange and tangerine juice, with added calci um, 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 w ill be published at the start 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 no tified 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, 22 April 2006 
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/2006/20060422/pdf/g1-14016.pdf