G/SPS/N/MAC/22  
 
14 June 2018  
(18-3702) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: MACAO, CHINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) The Government of the  
Macao Special Administrative Region  
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 
4. Regions or countries likely to be af fected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Regulamento Administrativo n.º  12/2018 Normas 
relativas à utilização de edulcorantes em géneros alimentícios  (Standard for Uses of 
Sweeteners in Foodstuffs) . Language(s): Chinese and Portuguese.  Number of 
pages:  50 
http://images.io.gov.mo/bo/i/2018/23/rega -12-2018.pdf   
6. Description of content: The Administrative Regulation No. 12/2018 "Normas relativas à 
utilização de edulcorantes em géneros alimentícios" (Standard for Uses of Sweeteners in 
Foodstuffs) is a food safety standard that guides and regulates the uses of sweete ners by 
food producers and traders, including the principles of sweetener use, the scope of the 
use, the types of sweeteners permitted in food, the maximum levels of use, and the food 
categories in which maximum use levels of certain sweeteners are applied . In this 
administrative regulation, "sweeteners" are defined as a type of food additive that is used 
to replace sugar and impart sweet taste to food, excluding monosaccharides or 
disaccharides. This administrative regulation does not apply to foods intend ed for specific 
dietetic use, with the exception of certain products for infants and young children. In this 
administrative regulation, 19 types of sweeteners are permitted to be used in foodstuffs, 
and the use of sweeteners in food shall follow the princi ple of Good Manufacturing Practice 
(GMP).  
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 relev ant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : CODEX STAN 192  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  G/SPS/N/MAC/22  
 
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  [ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it de viates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 25 May 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 4 June 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 5 June 2018  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
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: