G/SPS/N/TPKM/627  
14 May 2024  
(24-3763) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN 
AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health and Welfare  
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):  Traditional Chinese medicine raw materials  
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:  Draft of "The Regulatory Limits of Pesticide Residues in 
Traditional Chinese Medicine Raw Materials" . Language(s):  Chinese, En glish translation 
available . Number of pages:  5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/TPKM/24_03146_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/TPKM/24_03146_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft aims to define the regulatory limits of pesticide 
residues in traditional Chinese medicine raw materials, and to ensure the safety of people 
using traditional Chinese medicine raw materials.  
The pesticide residues in traditional Chinese medicine raw materials listed in A ppendix 
Table 1 shall meet the Standards for the "Pesticides Residue Limits in Traditional Chinese 
Medicine Raw Materials " and "Extraneous Residue Limits in Traditional Chinese Medicine 
Raw Materials ", as Appendix Table 2 and Table 3.  
The test method of pe sticide residues in this regulatory limits shall be based on the Method 
of Test for Pesticide Residues in Chinese Medicine Raw Materials Multiresidue Analysis 
promulgated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.  
The examination of pesticide residues shall in clude the pesticide itself and its metabolites.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/TPKM/627  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] 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:    
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  To be determined.  
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 13 July 2024  
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:   
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency, Ministry of Agriculture  
9F, No.100, Sec. 2, Heping W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 100060, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886) 2 8978 2312  
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps@aphia.gov.tw  
Website: https://www.aphia.gov.tw/  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Agency, Ministry of Agriculture  
9F, No.100, Sec. 2, Heping  W. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City, 100060, Taiwan  
Tel: +(886) 2 8978 2312  
Fax: +(886) 2 2332 2200  
E-mail: wtosps@aphia.gov.tw  
Website: https://www.aphia.gov.tw/