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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IND/51 
11 January 2007 
 (07-0153) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  INDIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):   Food items including processed food items.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
trading partners exporting products mentioned under item 3 to India. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Prevention of Food 
Adulteration (Ninth Amendment) Rules, 2006 .  Notification no. G.S.R. 679(E) dated 
31 October 2006 (Available in English;  10 pages). 
6. Description of content:  The Prevention of Food Adulteration (PFA) (Ninth Amendment) 
Rules, 2006, are in respect of use of certa in additives in foods under PFA Rules, 1955. 
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.  To harmonize certain provisi ons with Codex as well as 
technological requirements.  
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:  Codex standards and guide lines, wherever exist 
have been considered. 
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The Gazette of India 
Extraordinary PART II – Section 3 – Sub-Sect ion (i), dated 31 Oct ober 2006 (Available in 
English). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  31 October 2006 (except rule 2 & 4 effective from 
1 January 2007). 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  31 October 2006 (except rule 2 & 4 effective from 
1 January 2007).  G/SPS/N/IND/51 
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  12. Final date for comments:  -  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  Dr. D. Chattopadhya, Assistant Director General, Department of 
Health and Family Welfare, Nirman Bhaw an, New Delhi-110011.  Tel:  +91-11-23062290, 
Fax:  +91-11-23061968, India.  E-mail:  adgpfa@nic.in  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National noti fication authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Website of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, 
http://www.mohfw.nic.in/Noti%20679.pdf  
Dr. D. Chattopadhya, Assistant Director Ge neral, Department of Health and Family 
Welfare, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi-1100 11.  Tel:  +91-11-23062290, Fax:  +91-11-
23061968, India.  E-mail:  adgpfa@nic.in