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G/SPS/N/CAN/399/Add.1 
17 April 2012  
 (12-2015) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
  French 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
 
 
The following communication, received on 5 April 2 012, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Canada. 
 
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 Regulations Amending the Food and Dr ug Regulations (1632 - Phospholipase) 
 Health Canada has received a submis sion from industry requesting that the Food and Drug 
Regulations  be amended to enable the use of th e enzyme phospholipase derived from Aspergillus 
niger (PLA-54) in the production of bread, flour , whole wheat flour, unstandardized bakery products, 
unstandardized whole egg, unstandardi zed egg yolk and modified lecithin. 
 An Interim Marketing Authorization ("IMA") w as issued to permit the immediate use of the 
enzyme phospholipase as proposed in the submission while the regulatory process was undertaken to 
amend the Regulations.  It was published in the government notices section of the Canada Gazette , 
Part I, on October 10, 2009 (G/SPS/N/CAN/399). 
 Evaluation of available data supports the safety and effectiveness of this food additive in the 
above specified uses.  Therefore, the Food and Drug Regulations  are amended to permit the use of the 
above noted food additive as described. 
 These Regulations entered in to force on 15 March 2012. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    
Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  G/SPS/N/CAN/399/Add.1 
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
   
Text available from:  [ ] National Notification Au thority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
The full text of the adopted measure can be downl oaded from the Internet addresses indicated below: 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/201 2/2012-03-28/html/sor-dors46-eng.html  (English) 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/201 2/2012-03-28/html/sor-dors46-fra.html  (French) 
http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/ p2/2012/2012-03-28/p df/g2-14607.pdf  (SOR/2012-46) 
or requested from: 
Canadian Enquiry Point 
Standards Council of Canada 
200-270 Albert Street 
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6N7 Tel:  +(613) 238-3222 Fax:  +(613) 569-7808 E-mail:  enquirypoint@scc.ca  
 
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