. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHN/49 
13 February 2004 
 (04-0570) 
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  67.180 
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 
sugars, (available in Chinese, 3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This standard stipulates the definition, index requirements, 
packaging, marking, storage and determinati on methods of raw sugar, white granulated 
sugar, red granulated sugar and soft white sugar.   This standard applies to raw sugar, white 
granulated sugar, red granulated sugar and so ft white sugar made fro m sugarcane and sugar 
beet. 
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:  CAC/Codex Stan 212-1999 "Codex Standard 
for Sugars".  The standard adds  the requirement of raw sugar. G/SPS/N/CHN/49 
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 9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Chinese 
GB 317  White granulated sugar GB 1445 Soft white sugar GB/T 4789.2 Microbiological examination of food hygiene Detection of the total 
number of aerobic bacterial  
GB/T 4789.3 Microbiological examination of food hygiene Detection of Coliform 
bacteria  
GB/T 4789.4 Microbiological examination of food hygiene Examination of salmonella  
GB/T 4789.5 Microbiological examination of food hygiene Examination of  Shigella  
GB/T 4789.10 Microbiological examination of food hygiene Examination of 
Staphylococcus aureus 
GB/T 4789.11 Microbiological examination of food hygiene Examination of 
Streptococcus hemolyticus 
GB/T 4789.15 Microbiological examination of food hygiene Enumeration of molds and 
yeasts 
GB/T 5009.55 Method for analysis of  hygienic standard of sugars 
GB 7718 The universal standard of food labels GB 14881 General hygienic re gulation for food enterprises 
GB/T 15108 Raw sugar QB/T 2343.2 Examination method of red granulated sugar 
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: