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Notifying Member: Turkey

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

2.

Agency responsible: Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock/General Directorate of Food and Control

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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): Heat-treated drinking milk for human consumption

4.

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

[X]     All trading partners  

[ ]       Specific regions or countries:  

5.

Title of the notified document: Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on Heat Treated Drinking Milk  Language(s): Turkish  Number of pages: 7

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Description of content: This Communiqué is to identify the characteristics of heat-treated drinking milk in order to ensure that its production, storage, transportation and marketing are in compliance with the relevant technical and hygienic conditions. This Communiqué covers pasteurized drinking milk, heat-treated drinking milk after the pasteurisation process, UHT drinking milk, sterilized drinking milk.

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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:

[ ]       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)  

[X]     None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

[ ] 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:

·         Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food and Feed Law No 5996 (G/SPS/N/TUR/9)

·         Regulation on Special Hygiene Rules for Animal Foodstuffs entered into force upon its publication in the Official Gazette No 28155 of 27 December 2011 (Regulation (EC) No 853/2004)

·         Council Regulation (G/SPS/N/TUR/12)

·         Council Directive 92/46/EEC (repeal)

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 30 April 2014

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 30 April 2014

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 30 April 2014 (with transition period until 1 August 2014)

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

Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock

General Directorate of Food and Control

Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara - Turkey

Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 54

Fax: +(90) 312 258 77 60 

E-mail/Internet: sps@gkgm.gov.tr

Website: http://www.tarim.gov.tr

13.

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

Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock

General Directorate of Food and Control

Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara - Turkey

Tel: +(90) 312 258 77 54

Fax: +(90) 312 258 77 60 

E-mail/Internet: sps@gkgm.gov.tr

Website: http://www.tarim.gov.tr