G/SPS/N/CHN/762
22 January 2015
(15-0459)  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 Calcium lactate 
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 Calcium 
Lactate  Language(s): Chinese  Number of pages: 10 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/sps/CHN/15_0343_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard applies to the food additive calcium lactate 
which uses starch and sugar as raw materials, obtained through lactobacillus fermentation and direct extraction process, and obtained from the synthesis with lactic 
acid and calcium hydroxide (or calcium carbonate). It specifies the technical 
requirements and test methods for food additive calcium lactate.  
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 calcium lactate prepared at the 
59th JECFA (2002) 
[ ] 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, Water solubility and volatile fatty acids should "Passes Test". Chloride 
(as Cl) ≤= 0.05%, Sulfate (as SO
4) ≤ 0.075%, Fluoride (as F) ≤ 0.0015%, 
iron (Fe) ≤ 0.005%, the arsenic (As) ≤ 2 mg/kg, lead (Pb) ≤ 10 mg/kg, heavy metals G/SPS/N/CHN/762 
 
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  (as Pb) ≤ 20 mg/kg, pH (1 in 20) is not required. The standard is consistent with the 
actual conditions 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) : 23 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: