G/SPS/N/CHN/1254  
 
29 September 2022  
(22-7337) 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 additive Food enzymes preparations  
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 Food enzymes preparations . Language(s):  Chinese . Number of pages:  18 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/CHN/22_6525_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This standard is applicable to food enzyme preparations 
permitted by GB 2760 and relevant announcements. This standard specifies the technical 
requirements and inspection methods of food enzyme preparations.  
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) : General Specifications and Considerations for Enzyme 
Preparations Used in Food Processing were prepared by the Committee at its sixty -
seventh meeting for publication in FAO JECFA Monographs 3 (2006)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal  Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal 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:   
1. Add Total arsenic ≤ 3mg / kg, to control heavy metal pollution;  
2. Add Total Plate Count ≤ 50000 CFU / g or CFU / g, to control pathogenic bacteria 
pollution;  
3. Escher ichia coli  is ＜10 CFU/g or ＜1 CFU/mL, for corresponding to GB methods;  G/SPS/N/CHN/1254  
 
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  4. Add the list of minor ingredients (food additives) used in enzyme preparations.  
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) : 28 November 2022  
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