RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/JPN/7
6November 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-3417)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: JAPAN
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofHealth andWelfare
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with
theWTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Foods and
Food additives produced byrecombinant DNA techniques.
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Revision of"Guidelines forsafety
assessment offoods andfoodadditives produced bytherecombinant DNA techniques"
assetoutinofficial notification EISHOKU No.153-2 issued on26December 1991
(available inEnglish, 12pages).
5. Description ofcontent: Thisdocument proposes toenlarge thescope ofapplication of
theGuideline toinclude genetical engineered plants thatcanberegarded asequivalent
totheexisting products when therecombinants aretobeconsumed.
6. Objective andrationale: Consumer health andsafety
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [X].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents: Thebasic lawistheFood Sanitation Law. Therevision will
appear inOfficial Notification ofDirector-General ofEnvironmental Health Bureau
when adopted.
9. Proposed date ofadoption andentry intoforce: Assoonaspossible aftercommenting
period.
10. Final date forcomments: 16January 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: