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11 April 2019  
(19-2408) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  State of 
California  
2. Agency responsible:  California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, 
State of California [1499]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other : Technical 
Regulation - Local Government (Article 3.2)  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Lead in 
candy; General methods of tests and analysis for food products (ICS 67.050), Sugar. 
Sugar products. Starch (ICS 67.180)  
5. Title, num ber of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Naturally 
Occurring Levels of Lead in Candy (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Establishes rules to add the naturally occurring level of lead in 
candies containing chili and/or tamarin d. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
• No. 11 -Z, California Regulatory Notice Register 15 March 2019 (pages 442 -445): 
https://oal.ca.gov/wp -content/uploads/sites/166/2019/03/11z -2019.pdf  
• Proposed Adoption of Ne w Chapter and Section Chapter 3: Naturally Occurring 
Lead in Candy Section 28500: Naturally Occurring Levels of Lead in 
Candy:  https://oehha.ca.gov/risk -assessment/crnr/proposed -adoption -new-
chapter -and-section -chapter -3-naturally -occurring -lead 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  22 May 2019  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/USA/19_2127_00_e.pdf  
 