1.

Notifying Member: New Zealand

If applicable, name of local government involved:  

2.

Agency responsible: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)

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): Powdered infant formula products sold in New Zealand (both imported and domestically produced)

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: Microbiological Criteria for Infant Formula  Language(s): English  Number of pages: 18

http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/NZL/15_4009_00_e.pdf

6.

Description of content: Proposal P1039 has been prepared to consider food safety microbiological criteria for infant formula, aligning with international (Codex) standards and has prepared a draft food regulatory measure. Food Safety Criteria for Salmonella and Cronobacter spp have been included within a Schedule in the revised Code, (Schedule 27).

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) Code of Hygienic Practice for Powdered Formulae for Infants and Young Children (CAC/RCP 66-2008)

[ ]        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: Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code (available in English)

10.

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): FSANZ Board approval anticipated March 2016.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): Notification to Government anticipated March 2016 with gazettal and registration of legislative instrument to follow, in May 2016, pending Government consideration.

11.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): Date of Gazettal and registration of legislative instrument pending Government consideration (see 10. above).

[X]    Trade facilitating measure  

12.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 8 December 2015

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

Food Standards Australia New Zealand

PO Box 10559

Wellington 6036

New Zealand

E-mail: standards.management@foodstandards.govt.nz

Assessment summary available (in English) from FSANZs website at http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/code/proposals/Pages/P1039MicroReviewInfantFormula.aspx.

13.

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

Mrs Sally Jennings, Coordinator, SPS New Zealand, PO Box 2526, Wellington, New Zealand. Tel: +(64 4) 894 0431; Fax: +(64 4) 894 0733; E-mail: sps@mpi.govt.nz

Website: http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/sps/transparency/notifications/index.htm