1.

Notifying Member: Nigeria

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

2.

Agency responsible: National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control

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): HS Code(s): 18

4.

Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]    All trading partners  

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:  

5.

Title of the notified document: Cocoa Products Regulations 2005  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 9

6.

Description of content: Cocoa Products Regulations 2005 defines the categories of cocoa products.

It also defines the compositions and properties of cocoa products, permitted additives, maximum limits of contaminants, labelling of such products, ash limit of cocoa products processed with alkali and conditions for claim that food is cocoa based.

This Regulation contains 3 schedules: schedule 1 defines cocoa products composition and properties, schedule 2 provides list of permitted additives to be used and their maximum limits while schedule 3 states the limits of contaminants in cocoa products.

7.

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.  

8.

Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[X]      Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text) Codex STAN 141-1983

[ ]        World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number)  

[ ]        International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  

[ ]        None

Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 

[X] Yes   [ ] No

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:  

9.

Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:

Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette Regulations 2005

NAFDAC Website: http://www.nafdac.gov.ng/regulations (available in English)

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): This regulation was adopted in 2005.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): Already published

11.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): Already in force.

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure  

12.

Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): Not applicable

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Ms Flora Mari

Assistant Chief Laboratory Technologist

Directorate of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

NAFDAC

E-mail: spsenquirypoint@nafdac.gov.ng

Website: http://www.nafdac.gov.ng/regulations

13.

Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:

Ms Flora Mari

Assistant Chief Laboratory Technologist

Directorate of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

NAFDAC

E-mail: spsenquirypoint@nafdac.gov.ng

Website: http://www.nafdac.gov.ng/regulations