G/SPS/N/CHN/1130  
 
2 April 2019  
(19-2079) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: CHINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China  
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): Foods; food additives; packaging materials and containers used for 
foods; detergent an d disinfectant used for foods; codes of hygienic practice for food 
production  
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: Food Safety Standards Administration Measures (draft 
for comments) . Language(s): Chinese.  Number of pages: 12 
https://members.w to.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHN/19_1832_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The "Food Safety Standards Administration Measures (draft for 
comments)" is developed on the basis of the "Food Safety Law and Regulation on the 
Implementation of the Food Safe ty Law of the People's Republic of China". It contains 
nine chapters and sixty articles, including general principles; programming, planning and 
annual project of national food safety standards; drafting of national food safety 
standards; solicitation of p ublic comments and review of national food safety standards; 
approval, numbering and publication of national standard food safety standards; follow -
up evaluation and revision of nation food safety standards; provincial food safety 
standards; imported food with no national food safety standards and supplementary 
provisions.  
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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  G/SPS/N/CHN/1130  
 
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  [ ] 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:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [X ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 June 2019  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if avai lable) of other body:  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
WTO/SPS National Enquiry Point of China