G/SPS/N/CHN/769
23 January 2015
(15-0512)  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 (NHFPC) 
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 Quinoline Yellow 
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 
Quinoline Yellow  Language(s): Chinese  Number of pages: 14 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHN/15_0374_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard applies to the food additive Quinoline Yellow 
using 2-(2-quinolyl)-1,3-indandione or a mixture containing about two-thirds 2-(2-quinolyl)-1,3-indandione and one-third 2-[2-(6-methyl-quinolyl)]1,3-indandione as raw 
materials, produced through sulfuration. It specifies the technical requirements and test 
methods for food additive Quinoline Yellow.  
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) The specification of quinoline yellow prepared at the 
74th JECFA (2011) 
[ ] 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 follows: In this 
standard, there are two types of products according to the production processes in 
China, including type I and type II. The inde xes of Type II product are different from the 
international standard: organic compounds other than colouring matters ≤ 0.5%, 
subsidiary colouring matters ≤ 4.0 mg/kg, the arsenic (As) ≤ 1 mg/kg, the zinc G/SPS/N/CHN/769 
 
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  (Zn) ≤ 50 mg/kg, the limit for ether-extractable matter is not required. The standard is 
consistent with the actual condition of Chinese products. 
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) : 24 March 2015 
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. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: