. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHN/79 
6 August 2004 
 (04-3357) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and 
Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China. 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  meat and its product (includes viscera) for human consumption. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  all 
countries and regions that export meat a nd its product (includes viscera) for human 
consumption to China.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Regulation of Inspection 
and Quarantine on Imported Meat and its Pr oduct (Available in Chinese;  30 pages). 
6. Description of content:  This regulation is established accord ing to the relevant Laws that 
China has notified to WTO, i.e., Law of th e People’s Republic of China on Animal and 
Plant Quarantine and its implementing ordinan ce, Law of the People’s Republic of China 
on Import and Export Commodity Inspection, Food Hygiene Law of the People’s Republic 
of China, Law of the People’s Republic of  China on Product Quality, and the Control 
Measure of Inspection and Quarantine on Entry-Exit of Meat and its Product and so on. It re-emphasizes the duty of entry-exit Inspecti on and Quarantine authorities of the People’s 
Republic of China.  It standardizes the administration of inspection and quarantine, the 
approval of the importation of meat and its pr oduct, previous quarantine of transferring 
import, entry port checking, certification, and s upervision after import.  The purpose of the 
regulation is to prevent smuggling, deception and the spread of epidemic diseases, furthermore, to reduce the hygienic risks, gua rantee the quality of imported meat and its 
product, and promote the healthy development of trade. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from anima l/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from 
other damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Not available G/SPS/N/CHN/79 
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 10. Proposed date of adoption:   9 May 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1 November 2004 
12. Final date for comments:  Before 30 October 2004 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or addr ess, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: