G/SPS/N/CHL/736  
26 August  2022 
(22-6452) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Salud, Departamento Nutrición  y Alimentos (Ministry 
of Health, Department of Nutrition and Food)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Additives used  in food  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Propuesta de Modificación al Reglamento Sanitario de 
los Alimentos (RSA) DS 977/96, Título III de los Aditivos Alimentarios y Norma Técnica 
de Aditivos Alimentarios (proposed amendment to the Chilean Food Health Regulations, 
Supreme Decree No. 977/96, Title III Food Additives and Technical Standard for Food 
Additives) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 8 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHL/22_5822_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified proposed amendment was drafted by the Advisory 
Working Group on Food Additives ( 3 February 2 021, Exempt Decree No. 08, Ministry of 
Health) . For the purposes of drafting the amendment, a "food category system" was 
established based on the principle s of the Codex Alimentarius, adapting some of its titles, 
definitions and examples to domestic circumstances and specifically to the provisions of 
Supreme Decree 977/96, in order to permit the use of food additives in each food 
category . The proposed text is based on Codex Stan 192, listing the additives with limits 
by food categories and specifying the function of each additive.  
The food category descriptors set out in the Technical Standard for Food Additives are not 
intended to be legal product designati ons for labelling purposes ; rather, they are used to 
validate the permitted additives and limits in products . In addition, the food category 
system is hierarchical, meaning that when an additive is recognized for use in a general 
category, it is recognized  for use in all its subcategories, unless otherwise stated.  
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  
Please send any comments in Word format, comment -table style, with the following three 
columns:  
1. The proposed text reads (list Standard article/annex/page)  
2. It should read  
3. Justification  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/CHL/736  
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission ( e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text ): CXS 192 -1995 General Standard for Food Additives 
CCFA 2021  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to t he relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− DECRETO 977/96 APRUEBA REGLAMENTO SANITARIO DE LOS ALIMENTOS - 
MINISTERIO DE SALUD  
− NORMA TÉCNICA DE ADITIVOS ALIM ENTARIOS, NOVIEMBRE 2021 - SUBSECRETARIA 
DE SALUD PÚBLICA  / DIVISIÓN DE POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS SALUDABLES Y 
PROMOCIÓN  / DEPARTAMENTO DE ALIMENTOS Y NUTRICIÓN : This standard 
regulates in detail and sets out the lists of permitted food additives that are 
manufac tured, processed, packaged, stored, transported, sold, imported, exported, 
marketed and used in the national territory . It also specifies the conditions and 
maximum permitted levels, in addition to the food categories in which they can be 
used.  
(available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : More than six months after the 
completion of the consultation process  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 24 months after publication in the Official Journal  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 November 2 022 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email: sps.chile@sag.gob.cl