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Notifying Member: Turkey
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency responsible: Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock/General Directorate of Food and Control
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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): Erucic acid in certain foodstuffs, namely: vegetable oils and fats, foods containing added vegetable oils and fats more than 5% and other foodstuffs (with possible risk of erucic acid content)
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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or countries:
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Title of the notified document: Turkish Food Codex Communiqué on the methods of sampling and performance criteria for the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of erucic acid in certain foodstuffs Language(s): Turkish Number of pages: 7
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Description of content: This Communiqué establishes the methods for carrying out the sampling and analysis for the official control of the levels of erucic acid set in the Turkish Food Codex Regulation on contaminants in foodstuffs.
It also establishes the performance criteria with which the method of analysis used for official control has to comply.
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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.
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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text)
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)
[X] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?
[ ] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
- Veterinary, Phytosanitary, Food and Feed Law No: 5996 (G/SPS/N/TUR/9).
- COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/705 of 30 April 2015 laying down methods of sampling and performance criteria for the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of erucic acid in foodstuffs and repealing Commission Directive 80/891/EEC (available in Turkish and English)
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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): 30 November 2015
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): 31 December 2015
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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): 30 June 2016
[ ] Trade facilitating measure
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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 24 October 2015
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
General Directorate of Food and Control
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara – Turkey
Tel: +(90) 312 258 7732
Fax: +(90) 312 258 7760
E-mail/Internet: sps@tarim.gov.tr
Website: http://www.tarim.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Detay.aspx?OgeId=1281&Liste=Mevzuat
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Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:
Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
General Directorate of Food and Control
Eskisehir Yolu 9. Km. Lodumlu Ankara – Turkey
Tel: +(90) 312 258 7732
Fax:+(90) 312 258 7760
E-mail/Internet: sps@tarim.gov.tr
Website: http://www.tarim.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Detay.aspx?OgeId=1281&Liste=Mevzuat
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