. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHN/78 
21 April 2004 
 (04-1784) 
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:   Ministry of Health and Standardization Administration 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):  ICS 67.200.10 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries and regions  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Hygienic standard for 
edible animal fats, (available in Chinese, 5 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This standard stipulates the definition, the requirements of index, 
food additives, hygienic requirements for pr ocessing, marking, packaging, storage, 
transportation and determination methods of edible animal fats.  This standard applies to 
edible pig oil, cow oil, sheep oil refined from one or several of the following materials:  
leaf fat, meat, omentum or pure fat attached to  internal organs of pig, cow and sheep which 
have been inspected by veterinarians. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [   ] protec t territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health, 
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  Codex Stan 211-1999 (Codex Standard for 
named animal fats).  There is no limit for lead in  the original standard.  In this standard the 
limit for lead was added as ≤ 0.2mg/kg.  Based on the CAC standard, the limit for arsenic 
was added as ≤ 0.1 mg/kg; the limit for acidity of cow oil and sheep oil was added as 
≤ 2.5mg/g.  The unit of peroxide value was standardized as g/100g. G/SPS/N/CHN/78 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Chinese 
GB 2760 Hygienic standards for uses of food additives GB/T 5009.11 Method for determina tion of total arsenic in foods 
GB/T 5009.12 Method for determination of lead in foods GB/T 5009.37 Method for analysis of hygienic standard of edible oils 
GB/T 5009.44 Method for analysis of hygien ic standard of meat and meat products 
GB/T 5009.181 Determination of  propyldialdehyde in lard 
GB 7718 General standard for the labelling of foods GB 12694 Hygienic specifications of meat packing plant 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   6 months after adoption 
12. Final date for comments:  Sixty days after the date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: