G/SPS/N/CHN/886  
 
31 August 2015  
(15-4340)  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 (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 Magnesium Oxide (including heavy and 
light) 
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 of the P.R.C.: Food 
Additive Magnesium Oxide (including heavy and light)  Language(s): Chinese  Number 
of pages: 8 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHN/15_3312_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard applies to food additive light magnesium oxide 
made from basic magnesium carbonate or magnesium hydroxide by calcination; heavy magnesium oxide made from heavy magn esium carbonate or heavy magnesium 
hydroxide by calcination. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for 
food additive magnesium oxide.  
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  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text) CAC JECFA (monographs 1, 2006) Magnesium Oxide 
[ ] 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: In this standard, requirements of arsenic content and acid-
insoluble were added. Lead content was set not more than 4mg/kg. These three G/SPS/N/CHN/886 
 
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  technical requirements are in accordance with Food Chemicals Codex monograph on 
Magnesium Oxide. This 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) : 30 October 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: