G/TBT/N/CHL/442  
24 May 2018  
(18-3098) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Agricultura  (Ministry of Agriculture)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (Directorate -General of 
International Economic Relations), Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Milk and 
cheese  
5. Title, number o f pages and language(s) of the notified document : Consulta Pública 
para proyecto de ley que establece normas sobre elaboración, denominación y etiquetado 
de productos lácteos o derivados de la leche  (Public consultation for draft legislation 
setting out ru les on the preparation, description and labelling of milk products or products 
deriving from milk) (4 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The purpose of the notified draft legislation is to protect 
consumer health . The draft law establishing ru les on the marketing and labelling of milk 
proposes to ensure such protection by improving milk handling requirements, by 
enhancing transparency and reliability for consumers, and by recognizing specific elements 
pertaining to the work of national milk producers , through the inclusion of (i) appellations 
of origin, (ii) information on each of the components of the milk product, and (iii) 
information on the various processing stages . Furthermore, the draft l aw establishing rules 
on the preparation, descri ption and labelling of milk products or products deriving from 
milk, proposes the inclusion of a single article introducing the following measures:  
1. Definition of milk . A new definition has been created for milk . "Milk" shall be 
understood to mean "(...) th e colostrum -free liquid product resulting from the 
complete and uninterrupted milking of healthy, well -fed and well -rested cows".  
2. Definition of reconstituted milk and requirements for milk products containing 
reconstituted milk . A new definition has been c reated for reconstituted milk . This 
product shall be considered as "(...) the product obtained entirely or in part from a 
milk product, which is similar to or may be used as a substitute for liquid milk, 
especially by adding drinking water to concentrated milk or powdered milk, in such 
a proportion as to meet the requirements established in Article 203" (Article 203 of 
the Food Health Regulations) . A number of requirements are established 
concerning the production process . These basically concern (i) the ne ed for a 
pasteurization, UHT treatment or sterilization process, (ii) the need to record the G/TBT/N/CHL/442  
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  product's origin, (iii) the need to indicate the amount of milk processed, 
reconstituted and marketed, and (iv) the need to indicate the amount of milk 
product use d in its production.  
With regard to package labelling, the description "Milk enhanced with reconstituted 
powdered milk" has been introduced, as well as requirements for establishments producing 
this product.  
3. Definition of cheese . This product is defined as "(...) the product, whether matured 
or not matured, or solid or semi -solid, obtained by curdling non -reconstituted  
skimmed or semi -skimmed liquid milk, or cream, whey cream, cheese whey or 
butter whey, properly pasteurized, or a c ombination of these products, using 
rennet or other appropriate curdling agents (authorized specific enzymes or organic 
acids), and by partially separating the whey produced as a result of such curdling".  
4. Requirements for the preparation and labelling o f milk products not deriving from 
cows. For products that use liquid milk not from cows, the species of origin of the 
milk must be indicated . The text also bans products that use "reconstituted milk" 
as a raw material from being labelled as "cheese" ; instead, the description "Milk 
product similar to cheese" or "Cheese -substitute milk product" must be used.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of consumer health.  
8. Relevant documents:  
Ministry of Health Supreme Decree No. 977/96  
CODEX STAN 206 -1999 
Draft legislation - Bulletin Nos. 11417 -01 and 11.661 -11  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification.  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (Directorate -General of 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 -22827 -5250 
Fax: (+56) 2 -22380 -9494 
https://www.camara.cl/pley/pley_detalle.aspx?prmID=12180&prmBoletin=11661 -11 
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