G/SPS/N/CHN/554  
 
8 February 2013  
(13-0668)  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:  Ministry of Health (MOH) 
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 Gelatin 
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 Gelatin  
Language(s):  Chinese  Number of pages:  9 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/CHN/13_0586_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This standard replaces GB 6783-1994 "Food Additive Gelatin".  
Compared with GB 6783-1994, the following changes have been made: 
 Delete the classification of gelatin, regulate the specifications of gelatine; 
 Delete the specification of Brookfield viscosity, pH, isoionic point; 
 Rename transparency to transmission ratio, and revise the test methods; 
 Add the specifications of peroxide and lead; 
 Revise the detection method of arsenic, chromium and sulfur dioxide; 
 Delete the requirements of inspection rules, mark, packing and transportation; and 
 List the related detection method in the appendix. 
The appendix A of this standard is the normative appendix. 
This standard replaces all previous vers ions of the standards: GB 6783-1986, GB 6783-
1994. 
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/CHN/554 
 
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8. Is there a relevant international st andard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or seri al number of Codex 
standard or related text) JECFA 2006, Edible Gelatin 
[ ] 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 actual situation in China has been taken into 
consideration. Compared with JECFA, the content of chromium is specified and the 
content of mercury is not specified in this standard. 
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) :  9 April 2013 
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. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: