WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/CAN/12
5August 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-3135)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: CANADA
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Health Canada
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with
theWTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Inulinase
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Proposed Amendment totheFood
andDrug Regulations (Schedule No.1005) (pages 2039-2041)
5. Description ofcontent: Inulinase isanenzyme thathydrolyses inulin to
monosaccharides andoligosaccharides. Asubmission hasbeenreceived fortheuseof
inulinase from Aspergillus niger var.Teighem intheproduction of
fructooligosaccharides. Fructooligosaccharides aremoderately sweet intasteand
contain about halftheenergy value ofsugars andstarches. They canbeusedto
partially replace sugars andstarches inavariety offoods forthepurpose ofchanging
theirtaste, texture, composition orcaloric value.
Extensive studies havedetermined thesafety andefficacy ofinulinase prepared using
theAspergillus niger strain. Inaddition, Aspergillus niger isalready recognized asa
source organism foreleven different enzymes intheFood andDrug Regulations .
Therefore, itisproposed toamend theFood andDrug andRegulations toprovide for
theuseofinulinase from thissource forthepurposes outlined above, andatlevels
consistent with"good manufacturing practice".
6. Objective andrationale: Protection ofhuman health
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations: Conforms toenzyme preparation monographs inFood Chemicals
Codex, 3rdedition, 1981.
8. Relevant documents andlanguage(s) inwhich these areavailable: Canada Gazette,
Part1,20July1996
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9. Proposed date ofadoption: Notstated
10. Proposed date ofentry intoforce: Notstated
11. Final date forcomments: 3October 1996
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments:
12. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, telefax number andE-mail
address (ifavailable) ofother body: