G/SPS/N/CHN/676  
 
4 August 2014  
(14-4519)  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 and Family Planning 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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Food additive solvent No. 6 (hexanes) 
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: Food additive solvent 
No. 6 (hexanes)  Language(s): Chinese  Number of pages: 4 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/CHN/14_3468_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The product "solvent No. 6" refers to the refined petroleum 
hydrocarbon distillation fraction that contains a high proportion of hexane. 
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 st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) CAC "HEXANES" [51st JECFA (1998)] 
[ ] 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: Firstly, the indexes of distillation range and density in this 
standard differ from JECFA, mainly due to the inconsistency of segmentation of product 
fraction among different countries' enterprises; the regulation has not been fully unified 
from country to country. 
Secondly, this standard prescribed "b enzene w%" not "benzene V/V", and the 
index is stricter than JECFA when  transferred to "benzene V/V". 
Thirdly, the index of non-volatile residue is higher than JECFA for present process 
situation at home, but it is lower than FCC and JSSFA. G/SPS/N/CHN/676 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: None   
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) : 3 October 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Texts available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: