WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.393
14November 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-4844)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: AUSTRALIA
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Australia NewZealand Food Authority
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Edible coatings oncheese
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Explanatory Notes -
Application A302 (4pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Anapplication toamend theAustralian Food Standards Code to
permit theuseofglycerin, sorbic acidandnatamycin ascomponents foredible coatings
forcheese andcheese products.
7. Objective andrationale: Tofacilitate trade
8. Relevant documents: Australian Food Standards Code, Standard H9-Cheese and
Cheese Products
9. Proposed dateofadoption: Recommendation toGovernment by20February 1997.
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: Tobedecided
10. Final date forcomments: The domestic closing date forcomments is
27November 1996. However, comments from Members willbeaccepted until
18December 1996 ifnotice ofintention tocomment isreceived bythedomestic closing
date.
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]quoting Application Number A302.