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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): All pre-packaged food items intended for sale to consumers.

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: Pre-Packaged Food (Labelling) Regulations 2005  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 6

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Description of content: Pre-Packaged Food (Labelling) Regulations 2005 prohibits sales of unlabelled pre-packaged food intended for sale to consumer. It also declares that pre-packaged food should not be falsely described and must bear certain information that depicts the exact name of the food or coined/fanciful name that is not misleading. It stipulates that label of pre-packaged food must declare list of ingredients, date marking instructions, batch number, storage conditions, net content, name, address and country of manufacturer, trademark and NAFDAC Registration Number.

The label of Pre-packaged food must be clear, legible and in English Language.

The Regulations stipulates penalties for violators. It contains interpretation of sensitive terms and two schedules: Schedule one is the classes of food while schedule 2 contains Classes of Food additives.

This Regulation repealed the Pre-Packaged Food (Labelling) Regulations 1995.

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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) General Standards for labelling of Pre-packaged foods (Codex STAN 1-1985)

[ ]        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:  

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

10.

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

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): The regulation is already 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 2006.

[ ]      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/food-regulations

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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/food-regulations