G/SPS/N/CHL/549  
25 July 2017 
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Commi ttee 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 wit h the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Commercially prepared baby food   
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 : Propuesta de Actualización de Título XXVIII de los 
Alimentos para Regímenes Especiales, Reglamento Sanitario de los Alimentos, Decreto 
Supremo 977/96 Ministerio de Salud Artículo 504  (Proposed update to Section XXVIII - 
Foods for special dietary uses, Food Health Regulations, Article 504 of Ministry of Health  
Supreme Decree No. 977/96 ) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages:  
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CHL/17_3376_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The proposed amendment will be made to Section XXVIII "Foods 
for special dietary uses"  
Paragraph III - Commercially prepared baby food  
Current text : Article 504 - The maximum nitrate content in this type of food shall not 
exceed 250 mg/kg expressed as nitrates.  
New text proposed:  Article 504 - The product shall be prepared with particular care, 
through the application of good manufacturing practices,  in order to completely eliminate 
pesticide residues that may have been used for the production, storage or preparation of 
raw materials or food ingredients. If complete elimination is technically unachievable, the 
level of such residues should be reduced as much as possible.  
The product shall not contain residues of hormones or antibiotics identified using agreed 
methods of analysis, and shall be virtually free from other contaminants, particularly 
pharmacologically active substances.  
7. Objective and rat ionale : [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/CHL/549  
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  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 ) Based on CODEX STAN 073 (5 . Contaminants)  
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : Decreto 
Supremo N° 977/96 del Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health Supreme 
Decree  No. 977/96) (available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Propo sed 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 th e date of circulation of the 
notification and/o r (dd/mm/yy) : 23 September 2 017 
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 : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email:  sps.chile@sag.gob.cl