RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/R/25/Corr.1
18 April 2002
(02-2181)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
SUMMARY OF THE MEETING HELD ON  31 OCTOBER-1 NOVEMBER 2001
Corrigendum
The following corrections are made to the summary report of the Twenty-Second Meeting of
the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures held on 31 October-1 November 2001.
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The title of the first item related to paragraph 9 is amended to read as follows:
II. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT
(ii) Issues Previously Raised
Japanese measures related to fireblight – Concerns of the United States
The title and text of paragraph 106 is amended to read as follows:
VIII. OTHER BUSINESS
Thailand's concerns on 3MCPD
106. The representative of Thailand stated that since early 2001, Thailand had not been able to
export soy sauce to certain countries, including th e European Communities, due to 3MCPD  limits set
as low as 0.01mg per kilogramme.  Thailand considered this level to be excessively low, and the
European Communities had agreed to review its limit on the basis of new scientific evidence.
Measures had been taken in Thailand to establish maximum 3MCPD limits and to modify productionprocesses to lower rates of contamination; and its industry expected to be able to meet a 1 mg per kilo
limit within one year.  According to the JECFA analysis, 3MCPD was not genotoxic and a provisional
maximum daily threshold limit had been set at 2 micrograms per kilo of bodyweight per day.  Based
on this limit for a person of an  average 50 kilo bodyweight, a safe daily consumption of up to 10
grammes would be allowable.  However, the limits applied by Members differed widely from 0.01 to0.1.mg per kilogramme.
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