G/SPS/N/CHN/1058  
 
11 October 2017  
(17-5473) 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  
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 additive edible tannin  
4. Regions or countries likely to b e 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 edible tannin . Language(s): Chinese.  Number of pages: 5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CHN/17_4620_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard applies to food additive edib le tannin using gallnut 
as raw material by extracted with the solvent of ethanol and ethyl acetate. This standard 
specifies the technical requirements and determination methods for the food additive 
edible tannin.  
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 "Tannic acid", prepared at the 
71st JECFA (2009)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter numbe r):  
[ ] 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 
internatio nal standard: The different index of this standard is as follows. According to 
actual situation of domestic products and for improving applied solubility, loss on drying is 
specified no more than 9.0%. Meanwhile the index of condensed tannins is deleted, 
because it's in the products which are rooted in gallnut rarely, and has almost no effect to G/SPS/N/CHN/1058  
 
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  the usage. Tannic acid content detection method is using Nylon powder instead of Hide 
powder, which solve the problem of result distortion by precipitation of the l atter (over 
100%).  
9. Other relevant documents 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) : 9 December 2017  
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: