G/TBT/N/CHL/613  
29 August  2022 
(22-6471) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Salud, MINSAL - Subsecretaría de Salud Pública 
(Ministry of Health, Under -Secretariat for Public Health)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to han dle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, SUBREI  - Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores de Chile (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Food 
additives  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Propuesta de 
modificación al Reglamento Sanitario de los Alimentos, Decreto Supremo N° 977/96 del 
Ministerio de Salud, en materia de ADITIVOS A LIMENTARIOS  (Proposed amendment to 
the Food Health Regulations, Ministry of Health Supreme Decree No. 977/96, relating to 
food additives) (546 pages, in Spanish ; 8 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified proposed amendment to the Food H ealth 
Regulations, Ministry of Health Supreme Decree No. 977/96, relates to food additives.  
It arises from the need to update the Food Health Regulations concerning food additives 
by aligning them with the food categories and maximum use levels for food ad ditives 
established by the Codex Alimentarius and the European Union Regulation on food 
additives . The aim is to protect people's health by  establishing and ensuring clearer and 
more detailed standards relating to safety measures adopted at the national le vel for food 
additives.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
- Reglamento Sanitario de los Alimentos , Ministry of Health Supreme Decree No. 977 of 
1996.  
- Código Sanitario , Ministry of Health Decree -Law No. 725 of 1967.  
- Ministry of Health Decree -Law No. 1 of 2005.  G/TBT/N/CHL/613  
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  - Decree -Law No. 2.763 of 1979 . 
- Law No. 18.933 . 
- Law No. 18.489 . 
- Resolution No. 7 of 2019 of the Office of the Comptroller -General  of the Republic . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 30 November 2 022 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 28 27 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_Chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://www.minsal.cl/consultas -publicas -vigentes/  
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