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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/TPKM/13
2 December 2002
(02-6611)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU
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):  The following nutritional additives:  vitamin A, B 1, B2, B6, B12, C, D, E, niacin,
folic acid, compounds contai ning calcium, iron, iodine.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
Imported (as well as domestically produced) foods sold in the Separate Customs Territory of
Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   "Draft of Scope and
Application Standards of Food Additives:  8.  Nutritional Additives" (available in English,
12 pages).
6. Description of content:
1. The upper limits of these nutritional additives mentioned in item 3 in foods are
regulated as 150 per cent of the recommended daily nutrient allowances (RDNAs).
General foods are calculated on basis of the RDNA for 16-year-old male, and infant
(supplementary) foods are calculated on basis of the RDNA for one-year-old infant.
2. The RDNAs in the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and
Matsu have been reviewed and revised as "Dietary Reference Intakes, DRIs" on15 October 2002.  The application standards of these nutritional additives are
accommodatingly amended.  Considering the convenience for reading, the actual
upper limits calculated from the data of DRIs are listed explicitly to replace the
original description.
3. The Application standards for other specific foods, such as those foods in capsule or
tablet form, and edible salts, are not amended.
7. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or di sease,  [   ]  protect territory from other
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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:  "Draft of Scope and
Application Standards of Food Additives:  8.  Nutritional Additives" (25  October 2002, Food
No.0910072685).  (Available in English from th e National Notification Authority and
Department of Health).  The amendment will be published in the Official GovernmentGazette when adopted.
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
12. Final date for comments:  20 December 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [   ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
Bureau of Food Sanitation
Department of Health
12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100
Tel:  886-2-23210151 ext 353
Fax:  886-2-23929723
E-mail:  fswang@doh.gov.tw
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Bureau of Food Sanitation
Department of Health
12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100
Tel:  886-2-23210151 ext 353
Fax:  886-2-23929723E-mail:  fswang@doh.gov.tw