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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/TPKM/2
8 April 2002
(02-1815)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  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 may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  Fruits and vegetables exporting to the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft of Pesticide Residue Limits
in Foods (one page)
5. Description of content:  The draft establishes the pesticide MRLs for abamectin on fruit,
vegetables and small berries, acetamiprid on kales and Chinese cabbages, azoxystrobin ontomatoes and citrus, chlorfenapyr on peas, cyromazine on tomatoes, difenoconazole teas,
dimethomorph on tomatoes, fenthion on citrus, fluzinam on wax apples, imibenconazole on
teas, imidacloprid on papayas, mefenacet on rices, metalayl on sweet sop, leaf vegetables,
pome and root vegetables, phosmet on wax apples, and quinoxyfen on cantaloupes.
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 [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex MRLs for some commodities exist for
fenthion and methomyl.  No Codex MRLs exist for other pesticides.
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Draft of Pesticide
Residue Limits in Foods, available in English from the national notification authority and
Department of Health
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determinedG/SPS/N/TPKM/2
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11. Final date for comments:  10 May 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] 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. 349
Fax:  886-2-23929723
Email:  fshsueha@doh.gov.tw
12. Texts available from: [  X ] 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 Health12F, 100 Ai-Kuo E. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan, Postal Code 100
Tel:  886-2-23210151 ext. 349
Fax:  886-2-23929723
Email:  fshsueha@doh.gov.tw