G/SPS/N/CHN/1224  
 
22 October 2021  
(21-7990) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  CHINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China  
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):  Food nutritional fortifier Calcium citrate  
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:  National Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.: Food 
nutritional fortifier Calcium citrate . Language(s):  Chinese . Number of pages:  7 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHN/21_6708_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This standard applies to food nutritional fortifier calcium citrate 
formed by reaction of citric acid with calcium carbonate or calcium oxide, calcium 
hydroxide. This standard specifies the technical requirements and testing methods of food 
nutritional fo rtifier calcium citrate.  
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.   
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) : 59th JECFA (2002) "Calcium citrate"  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Anim al Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [X] No  
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  The technical requirements of this standard has some 
differences from JECFA as follows:  
1. JECFA sets the assay of calcium citrate tetrahydrate as not less than 97.5% after 
drying; This standard sets the assay of c alcium citrate tetrahydrate and calcium citrate 
trihydrate as 97.5~100.5 (on dry basis);  
2. JECFA has no heavy metal (Pb), total arsenic and total mercury requirements while 
this standard sets the three limit indexes;  G/SPS/N/CHN/1224  
 
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  3. JECFA has no hydrochloric acid insoluble substance requirement while this standard 
sets the limit index;  
4. JECFA has free acid and alkali oxalate requirements while this standard has no such 
index.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 21 December 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645/5795 4642  
E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645/5795 4642  
E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn