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Notifying Member: Nigeria

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

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Agency responsible: National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC)

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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): Food additives

4.

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: Food Additives regulation 2005  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 6

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Description of content: The regulation requires that no person shall manufacture, import, export, distribute, advertise, display for sale or sell any substance or mixture of substances for use as a food additive, unless the label carries a quantitative statement of the amount of each additive present, or carries a complete list of food additives present in descending order of their proportions, including directions for their use which, if followed, shall produce a food that shall not contain such additives in excess of the amount prescribed in the Codex standards for food additives. It prohibits the sale of food containing non-permitted food additives. It also prescribes penalties for violation.

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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:

[X]      Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text) Codex general standards for food additives (Codex STAN 192-1995)

[ ]        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: http://www.nafdac.gov.ng/regulation (available in English)

10.

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

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): The regulation has already been published.

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): The regulation entered into force in 2005.

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure  

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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:

NAFDAC National enquiry point

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/regulation

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

NAFDAC National enquiry point

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/regulation