G/SPS/N/CHN/1042  
 
29 January 2016  
(16-0643)  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), China 
Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) 
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 nutritional fortifier Magnesium Gluconate 
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 Nutritional 
Fortifier Magnesium Gluconate  Language(s): Chinese  Number of pages: 7 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/CHN/16_0380_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard applies to food nutritional fortifier Magnesium 
Gluconate which using gluconic acid (or gluconic acid- δ-lactone) and magnesium oxide 
(or magnesium carbonate) as raw material, obtained through chemical synthesis and 
refining process. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for Magnesium Gluconate.  
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  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text) The specification of magnesium gluconate prepared 
at the 53rd JECFA (1999) 
[ ] 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, Chloride (as Cl) ≤0.05%, sulfates (as SO
4)≤0.05%, pH 6.0 ～7.8, the arsenic 
(As)≤1 mg/kg, lead (Pb) is changed from ≤2mg/kg to ≤1mg/kg. G/SPS/N/CHN/1042 
 
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  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) : 29 March 2016 
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: