. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHN/53 
13 February 2004 
 (04-0575) 
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  67.120.10 
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 
cured meat products, (available in Chinese, 5 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This standard stipulates the definition, index requirements, food 
additives, hygienic requirements in processing, marking, packaging, transportation, storage 
and determination methods of cured meat produc ts.  This standard applies to all meat 
products made from fresh (frozen) animal meat, which are cured, evaporated or treated by 
other ways (except for cooking), added supplementary materials in the process. 
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:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health, 
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] 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:  Chinese 
GB 191 Marking of packing, storage and transport  GB 2760 Hygienic standards for the use of food additives GB/T 5009.3 Method of moisture in foods GB/T 5009.11 Determination of tota l and inorganic arsenic in foods 
GB/T 5009.12 Determination of lead in foods 
GB/T 5009.15 Determination of cadmium in foods GB/T 5009.17 Determination of tota l and organic mercury in foods 
GB/T 5009.27 Determination of  benzo(a)pyrene in foods 
GB/T 5009.33 Method of nitrite and nitrate in foods 
GB/T 5009.37 Method for analysis of hygienic standard of edible oils G/SPS/N/CHN/53 
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  GB/T 5009.44 Method for analysis of hygien ic standard of meat and meat products 
GB/T 5009.45 Method for analysis of hygienic standard of fish and other aquatic products 
GB/T 5009.179 Determination of tr imethylamine nitrogen in ham 
GB 7718 The universal standard of food labels 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: