G/SPS/N/CHL/594  
6 February  2019 
(19-0675) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
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) : Marine biotoxins  
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 : Modificación del artículo 333 del reglamento sanitario 
de los alimentos, Decreto Supremo N° 977/96 del Ministerio de Salud (Amendment to 
Article 333 of the Food Health Regulations, Supreme Decree No. 977/96 of the Ministry 
of Health) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/CHL/19_0719_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : Article 333 of the Food Health Regulations currently establishes 
maximum limits for paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) and amnesic shellfish poison (ASP), 
and sp ecifies that shellfish must not test positive in bioassays for diarrhetic shellfish 
poison (DSP) . The proposed text maintains the existing limits for PSP and ASP, but 
provides a breakd own of the toxins tha t form DSP, establishing a maximum limit for each 
one. 
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 ) Standard for Live and Raw Bivalve Molluscs, CODEX 
STAN 292 -2008.  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aq uatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/CHL/594  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : Marine 
Biotoxins, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper ; Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 2 9 April 2 004. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Approximately 80 days from the date of 
circulation of the notification.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): Upon publication in the Official Journal.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/o r (dd/mm/yy ): 7 April 2 019 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl