WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/JPN/90
1 July 2003
(03-3488)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   JAPAN
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Processed Food derived
from Organic Agricultural Product.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Japanese Agricultural
Standard of Processed Food derived from Or ganic Agricultural Product (English, 2 Page)
6. Description of content:   The Japanese Agricultural Standard of Processed Food derived
from Organic Agricultural Product will be amended to permit the use of "mono calciumdihydrogen phosphate" instead of "mono calcium hydrogen phosphate" as food additives.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection of the  consumers' interest.
8. Relevant documents:   The Law Concerning Standardization and Proper Labelling of
Agricultural and Forestry  Products (1950 Law No.175)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Before October 2003 (To be announced in the official
gazette.)
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be announced in the official gazette.
10. Final date for comments:   3 September 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body: