G/SPS/N/CHN/726
20 January 2015
(15-0372)  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 of the People's 
Republic of China (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 Monosodium fumarate 
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 
Monosodium fumarate  Language(s): Chinese  Number of pages: 6 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/sps/CHN/15_0307_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard applies to food additive Monosodium fumarate 
produced from fumaric acid and sodium hy droxide through Moore reactions, delicate 
concentration, crystallization and dry processes. It specifies the technical requirements 
and test methods for food addi tive Monosodium fumarate.  
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 stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) CAC: The specification of Monosodium fumarate 
JECFA (2006) 
[ ] 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 follow: In this 
standard, the content of heavy metals (Pb) ≤ 20 mg/kg; the content of arsenic (As
2O3) 
≤ 4 mg/kg; total numbers of colony (CFU/g) ≤ 10,000; E.coli (MPN/g) ≤ 3; the index for 
content of maleic acid is not set. This standard is consistent with the actual condition of 
Chinese products. G/SPS/N/CHN/726 
 
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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) : 21 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: