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Notifying
Member: NEPAL
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency
responsible: Department of Food
Technology and Quality Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Development
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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): Rolled oats
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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: Proposed Quality
and Safety Standard of Rolled Oats. Language(s):
Nepali. Number of
pages: 2
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/NPL/25_01902_00_x.pdf
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Description
of content: The Department of Food
Technology and Quality Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and
Livestock Development, Nepal has proposed a quality and safety standard for rolled
oats in order to protect the health of consumers by controlling the quality
and safety of the products and facilitating safe trade.
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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): Standards for oats, CXS 201-1995
[ ] 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:
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Other
relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
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Proposed
date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): After publication in the Nepal Gazette.
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): After the approval of the cabinet of Ministers of Nepal.
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Proposed
date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy):
91 days after its publication in the Nepal Gazette.
[X] 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): 9 May 2025
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:
Mr Mohan
Krishna Maharjan
Senior Food
Research Officer
SPS Enquiry
Point
Department of
Food Technology and Quality Control
Kathmandu, Nepal
E-mail: info.dftqc@spsenquiry.gov.np
mkmaharjan@gmail.com
Ms Radha Devi
Sharma
Food Research
Officer
National SPS
Notification Authority
Ministry of
Agriculture and Livestock Development
E-mail: internationaltrade.moad@gmail.com
sharmadradha@gmail.com
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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:
Mr Mohan Krishna Maharjan
Senior Food Research Officer
SPS Enquiry Point
Department of Food Technology and Quality Control
Kathmandu, Nepal
E-mail: info.dftqc@spsenquiry.gov.np
mkmaharjan@gmail.com
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