G/SPS/N/CHN/1096  
 
4 December 2018  
(18-7652) 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 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):   Food additive Sodium Hexametaphosphate  
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 Sodium Hexametaphosphate . Language(s):  Chinese.  Number  of pages:  8 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CHN/18_6200_00_x.pdf  
6. Description  of content:  This standard is applicable to food additiv e phosphoric acid or 
food additive phosphoric acid (wet process), sodium carbonate or sodium hydroxide, and 
food additive sodium hexametaphosphate obtained by melt polycondensation method. 
It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for foo d additive sodium 
hexametaphosphate.  
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  standard?  If so, identify  the standard:  
[X] Codex  Alimentarius  Commission  (e.g.  title or serial  number  of Codex  
standard  or related  text) : 55th JECFA  (2000)  "Sodium  Polyphosphates,  Glassy"  
[ ] 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 technical  requirements  of this standard  are consistent  with those  of domestic  
producers  and users,  but it has some  differences  from JECFA  as follows:  G/SPS/N/CHN/1096  
 
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  It has added  some  indexes  requirements,  which  included  unreactive  phosphates  
(calculated  by P2O5),  iron(Fe),  heavy  metal  (calculated  by Pb); 
Its total phosphates  is not less than 67.0%,  and the index  for JECFA  is 60.0 %～71.0 %; 
Its pH (10 g/L) is 5.0～7.5, and the index  for JECFA  is 3～9; 
Its fluorides  (calculated  by F) is not more than 0.003  %, and the index  for JECFA  is not 
more than 10 mg/kg;  
Its water  insoluble  substances  is not more than 0.06%,  and the index  for JECFA  is not 
more than 0.1%;  
The changes  of the above  technical  indexes  are determined  by the products'  actual  
analysis  results.  
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  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) : 2 February  2019 
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:   
13. Text(s)  available  from:  [ ] National  Notification  Authority,  [X] National  Enquiry  
Point.  Address,  fax number  and e-mail address  (if available)  of other  body: