WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/LKA/1
19 July 2001
(01-3581)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  SRI LANKA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).   Foods derived from DNA recombinant technology:  Soya beans whole, soya
flour, defatted soya flour, soya nuggets/textured vegetable proteins (TVP), soya milk, soy
sauce, other products that contain soya bean or its derivatives as one of their ingredients,
corn/maize, corn flour/maize flour, other products containing corn/maize, tomato-fresh,
tomato puree, tomato paste, tomato ketchup, tomato sauce, other tomato based food
products, cheese, potatoes and products containing potatoes, bakers yeast and brewers yeast,
beet sugar, microbiological starter cultures used in foods.
Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Imports
into Sri Lanka from all countries/any country exporting genetically modified food products
listed in the Schedule I of the Regulations, in commercial scale.
Description HS Numbers
1. Soya beans whole 1201.00
2. Soya flour 1208.10
3. Defatted soya flour 2304.00
4. Soya nuggets/TVP 2106.10.09
5. Soya milk (in powder form) 2106.09.08
6. Soya sauce 2103.107. Other products that containing soya beans or its
derivatives as one of their ingredients
• Soya bean oil and its fraction 1507
• Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions 1516.20
• Margarine edible mixtures or preparations
of vegetable fats and oils 1517
• Other preparations based on soya beans 2106.90.19
8. Corn/maize seed 1005.10
Other 1005.90
9. Corn flour 1102.20
10. Other products containing corn
• Cereal grains otherwise worked 1104.23
• Starch 1108.12
• Corn oil and its fractions crude oil 1515.21
Other 1515.29
• Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions 1516.20G/SPS/N/LKA/1
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• Margarine edible mixtures or preparations
of vegetable fats and oils 1517
• Pasta, whether or not cooked 1902
• Prepared foods 1904
• Soya ice cream 2105.00
• Other preparations based on corn 2106.90.19
• Bran, sharps and other residues 2301.10
• Oil cakes and other solid residues 2306.70
11. Tomato fresh or chilled 0702.00
12. Tomato paste/concentrate 2002.90
13. Tomato puree 2002.90
14. Tomato ketchup 2103.2015. Tomato sauce 2103.20
16. Other tomato based food products, tomatoes
prepared or preserved otherwise than by
vinegar or acetic acid 2002
• Tomato jam/paste 2007.10 (homogenized)
2007.99
• Tomato juice 2009.50
• Other preparations based on tomato 2106.90.19
17. Cheese 0406
18. Potatoes and product containing potatoes
• Potatoes seed 0701.10
• Fresh or chilled 0701.90
• Potatoes (cooked or uncooked) frozen 0710.10
• Dried potatoes 0712.90.09
• Prepared or preserved otherwise than by
vinegar or acetic acid (frozen) 2004.10
• Prepared or preserved otherwise than by
vinegar or acetic acid (not frozen) 2005.20
19. Bakers yeast and brewers yeast 2102.10
2102.20
20. Beet sugar 0701.1221. Microbiological starter cultures used in foods 3002.90
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  The Food Advisory Committee
under Section 32 of the Food Act, No. 26 of 1980 as amended by Food (Amendment) Act
No. 20 of 1991:  Genetically Modified Foods (Provisional) Regulation – No. 1 of 2001
5. Description of content:  This notice announces restrictive measures imposed on
importation of 21 items of food produced through DNA recombinant technology and their
sub-products on the grounds that the safety for human consumption not known, safety
evaluation procedures not in place and the final report of the Codex Committee on this issue
being awaited for further measures.
6. 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           G/SPS/N/LKA/1
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7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Government
Notification No. 1190/5 dated 26 June 2001 (Available in English – 2 pages)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  26 June 2001
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 September 2001
11. Final date for comments:  1 September 2001
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:
The Food Advisory Committee
The Department of Health ServicesMinistry of Health
"Suwasiripaya"
385, Baddegama Wimalasena Thero Mawatha
Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
Fax:  94 1 693 669/698 520E-mail:  foodad@eureka.lk
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
The Food Advisory Committee
The Department of Health Services
Ministry of Health
"Suwasiripaya"385, Baddegama Wimalasena Thero Mawatha
Colombo 10, Sri Lanka
Fax:  94 1 693 669/698 520
E-mail:  foodad@eureka.lk