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Notifying Member: India

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

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Agency responsible: Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

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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): Honey

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners  

[ ]       Specific regions or countries:  

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Title of the notified document: Draft Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, Toxins and Residues) Amendment Regulation, 2013. Notification No. 1-12/Sci. Pan (Notification)/FSSAI-2012 dated 5 December 2012  Language(s): English and Hindi  Number of pages: 4

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Description of content: Limits of antibiotics and other pharmacologically active substances in honey have been proposed.

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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.  

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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[X]     Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard or related text)  

[ ]       World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)  

[ ]       International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  

[ ]       None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

[X] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:

·         The Gazette of India Extraordinary Part III - Section 4 dated 5 December 2012 (available in English and Hindi)

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): Yet to be decided.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): Yet to be decided.

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): Will come into force on the date of final publication in the official gazette.

[ ]       Trade facilitating measure  

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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 22 April 2014

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Shri P. Karthikeyan,

Assistant, Director,

SPS Enquiry Point,

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI),

FDA Bhawan, Kotla Road,

New Delhi-110002, India.

Tel: +(011) 23237419;

Fax: +(011) 23220994;

E-mail: baranip@yahoo.com;

Website: http://www.fssai.gov.in/

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Texts available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Website of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI),

Government of India: http://www.fssai.gov.in/