G/SPS/N/CHN/1118  
 
4 January 2019  
(19-0030) 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 nutritional fortifier Ferrous Lactate  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affec ted, 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 
Nutritional Fortifier Ferrous Lactate . Language(s): Chinese.  Number of pages: 8 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHN/19_0071_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard applies to food nutritional f ortifier ferrous lactate 
which is obtained through the reaction of sodium lactate and ferrous sulfate (or ferrous 
chloride), calcium lactate (or ammonium lactate) and ferrous sulfate (or ferrous chloride), 
lactic acid and iron powder. It specifies the tech nical requirements and testing methods 
for ferrous lactate.  
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 ferrous lactate prepared at the 
35th JECFA (1989). Metals and arsenic specifications revised at the 61st 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 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: The different indexes of this standard are as follow: In this 
standard, the total arsenic (as As) ≤3.0 mg/kg, the Karl fischer reaction method for water G/SPS/N/CHN/1118  
 
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  determination instead of determination of the loss on drying, water ≤20.0%. The standard 
is consistent with the actual condition of Chinese products.  
9. Other relevant docum ents 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) : 5 March 2019  
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: