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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/ZAF/16
11 February 2003
(03-0889)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   SOUTH AFRICA
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:   Department of Health
3. 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):   Foodstuffs containing comfrey and jelly confectionery containing konjac
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Any
country exporting food products to South Africa
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Regulations prohibiting
comfrey and comfrey in foodstuffs and jelly confectionery containing konjac (GovernmentNotice R.1541), one page.
6. Description of content:   Regulates the prohibition of comfrey or its use in foodstuffs as
well as the use of konjac in jelly confectionery.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   Government Gazette
No. 24154 dated 13 December 2002 (available in English).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   When the final amendments to the regulations are published
in the Government Gazette.  This is not expected before June 2003.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   On publication of the final regulations as published in
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12. Final date for comments:  13 March 2003
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 :
Directorate:  Food Control
Department of Health
Private Bag X828
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Tel: +27-12-3120167
Fax: +27-12-3264374
E-mail:  carolv@health.gov.za
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Ms V Carolissen-Mackay, Directorate: Food Contro l (details as above) or available on the
website at www.doh.gov.za/department/dir_foodcontri-f.html