. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHN/52 
13 February 2004 
 (04-0574) 
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. 060 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  EU, 
Japan, US and Canada  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Hygienic standard for 
grains, (available in Chinese, 9 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This standard stipulates the definition, index requirements, 
determination methods, and hygi enic requirements for packaging, marking, transportation, 
storage of grains.  This standard applies to edible raw grains and grains products, including 
corns, beans, potatoes.  This standard does not apply to raw grains used to make oil. 
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/T5009.11 Determination of total and inorganic arsenic in foods 
GB/T5009.12 Determination of lead in foods GB/T5009.15 Determination of cadmium in foods GB/T5009.17 Determination of total and organic mercury in foods 
GB/T 5009.19 Determination of BHC and DDT residues in foods 
GB/T 5009.20 Determination of organop hosphorus pesticide residues in foods 
GB/T 5009.22 Determination of Aflatoxin B1 in foods GB/T 5009.36 Method for analysis of hygienic standards of grain GB/T 5009.96 Determination of ochratoxin A in grain and soybean GB/T 5009.110 Determination of cypermethr in, fenvalerate and deltamethrin residues 
in vegetable foods 
GB/T 5009.111 Determination of deoxyniva lenol in grain and grain products  G/SPS/N/CHN/52 
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  GB/T 5009.145 Determination of orga nophosphorus and carbamate pesticide 
multi-residues in vegetable foods 
GB/T 5494-1985 Determinati on of Grains and Oil seeds 
GB XXXX Maximal residue lim it of pesticide in foods 
GB7718 The universal standard of food labels 
GB13122 Hygienic specifications of flour plant 
GB14881 General hygienic re gulation for food enterprises 
SN/T 0649 Method for determination of Me thyl Bromide residue in export grain 
SN/T 0800.7 Determination of Grains and Oil seeds in imports and exports  
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: