WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/CAN/81
2 February 2000
(00-0407)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English/
                  French
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  CANADA
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Health Canada
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Oriental style sauces
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Canadian Guideline for 3-
Monochloro-1,2-Propane Diol (3-MCPD) in Oriental-Style Sauces (1 page)
5. Description of content:  Health Canada established a guideline for the human carcinogen
3-MCPD at 1 ppm.
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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [     ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on
Food Additives (JECFA) recommends  that levels of this contaminant in foods should be
reduced to levels "as low as reasonably achievable".
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Canadian Guideline
for 3-Monochloro-1,2-Propane Diol (3-MCPD) in Oriental Style Sauces (Available in
English and French)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not stated.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  1 April 2000
11. Final date for comments:  10 March 2000
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:           
12. Texts available from: [     ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:           