G/SPS/N/MAC/21  
 
27 November 2017  
(17-6450) 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  affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Regulamento Administrativo n.º 30/2017 Normas 
relativas à utilização de corantes alimentares em géneros alimentícios (Standard for Uses 
of Food Coloring in Foodstuffs) . Language(s): Chinese and Portuguese.  Number of 
pages: 5 
http://images.io.gov.mo/bo/i/2017/46/rega -30-2017.pdf  
6. Description of content: In Macao, China , Law No. 5/2013 (Food Safety Law) provides in 
Article 7 that the production and marketing of foodstuffs must comply with food safety 
standards and that these standards are defined by complementary administrative  
regulations.  
The Administrative Regulation No. 30/2017 "Normas relativas à utilização de corantes 
alimentares em géneros alimentícios" (Standard for Uses of Food Coloring in Foodstuffs) is 
a food safety standard that sets the provision of uses of food col oring in foodstuffs. In this 
standard, food coloring refers to a category of food additives which adds or restores color 
in food. This administrative regulation stipulates species of food coloring permitted for use 
in foodstuffs in accordance with Good Man ufacturing Practice and defines the scope of their 
application in food. The standard also prohibits the use of food coloring in the following 
foodstuffs: (1) Meat, poultry and game meat, aquatic products, vegetables or fruit, raw or 
unprocessed, unless it is intended for marking or used on citrus peels; (2) Infant formula, 
infant formula for special medical purposes and food supplements intended for infants and 
young children. The use of food coloring that are not permitted under the second 
paragraph of Art icle 1 of this regulation shall be prohibited.  
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.  G/SPS/N/MAC/21  
 
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  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) : 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) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why i t 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) : 20 October 2017  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 13 November 2017  
11. Proposed date  of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 14 November 2017  
[ ] 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: