G/SPS/N/CHN/1176  
 
4 November 2020  
(20-7821) 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 
(NHC)  
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 additive phospholipid  
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 
Additive Phospholipid . Language(s):  Chinese . Number of pages:  6 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/CHN/20_6719_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This standard applies to food additive phospholipid using 
soybean, sunflower seed, rapeseed and other vegetable oilseed materials or their 
processing by -products as the main raw materials, after dehydration, dedoping, 
decolorization, or degreasing, or usi ng egg yolk as the main raw material after extraction 
and refining. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for the food 
additive phospholipid.  
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) : The specification of "phospholipid" prepared by 
JECFA (2003)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM n umber) :  
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/CHN/1176  
 
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  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:  
1. Removed indicator for toluene insolubles.  
2. Added indicator for n -hexane insoluble matter.  
3. Replaced the indicator for "heavy metal (Pb)" by "lead (Pb)"  
4. Added indicator for solvent residue.  
Reason: The standard is based on the revision of "National food safety standard: Food 
additive phospholipid" (GB 28401 -2012), and combined with the actual quality status of 
Chinese products.  
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 fr om the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 3 January 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:   
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body: