G/SPS/N/CHN/121/Rev.1
18 February 2015
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Revision 
1. Notifying Member: CHINA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: China Food and Drug Administration; 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): Foods; food additives; packaging materials, containers, 
detergent and disinfectant used for foods; tools and equipment used for food producing 
or marketing 
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: Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China 
(Revised Draft)  Language(s): Chinese  Number of pages: 15 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHN/15_0848_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This notification is the "Food Safety Law of the People's 
Republic of China (Revised Draft)". This la w contains ten Chapters and 145 Articles. The 
main contents include general principles; risk monitoring and assessment for food 
safety; food safety standards; the producti on and marketing of food; food inspection; 
food import and export; handling of food sa fety incidents; supervision and management; 
legal responsibility and supplementary provisions. 
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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/CHN/121/Rev.1 
 
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  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: 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) : 19 April 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: