G/SPS/N/CHN/1216  
 
13 April 2021  
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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 Commission of the People's Republic of China 
(NHC)  
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):  Food additive Starch sodium octenyl succinate  
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 of the P.R.C.: Food 
Additive Starch Sodium Octenyl Succinate . Language(s):  Chinese . Number of pages:  5 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHN/21_2631_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This standard applies to food additive starch sodium octenyl 
succinate using starch and octenyl succinic anhydride by esterification, also with one or 
some methods of enzymolysis, dextrinate, acidation, decolour and pregelatinization. 
It specifies the tec hnical requirements and testing methods for the food additive starch 
sodium octenyl succinate.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territor y from 
other damage from pests.   
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) : The specification of "Starch Sodium Octenyl  
Succinate" prepared at the 82th JECFA (2016)  
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/CHN/1216  
 
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  1. Arsenic indicator is added;  
2. Manganese and residual indicator of octenylsucci nic acid is removed.  
Reason: The standard is based on the revision of "National Food Safety Standard of the 
P.R.C.: Food additive Starch Sodium Octenyl Succinate" (GB 28303 -2012), and combined 
with the actual quality status of Chinese products.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
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 dat e 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) : 12 June 2021  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel: +(86 10) 5795 46 45/5795 4642  
E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645/5795 4642  
E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn