G/SPS/N/CHN/932  
 
3 September 2015  
(15-4447)  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 Mineral oil (also known as liquid paraffin) 
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 Mineral Oil (also known as liquid paraffin)   Language(s): Chinese  Number of 
pages: 5 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/CHN/15_3363_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard is applied to food additive mineral oil (also 
known as liquid paraffin) which is made from oil lubricating oil fractions by dewaxing, 
chemical refining or hydrofining. It specifies the scope, requirements and test methods. 
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  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text) CAC "Mineral oil" the 59th JECFA (2002) 
[ ] 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 in line with 
the requirements of domestic manufacturing enterprises and user, the main differences with the JECFA are: increasing the specification of 100°C kinematic viscosity is (2~3)mm
2/s, adding 40°C kinematic viscosity, initial boiling point, colour, arsenic and 
heavy metal content of five indicators, these indicators not only to ensure the intuitive 
user understand the product performance, but al so to ensure the safety in the process of 
using food additives. G/SPS/N/CHN/932 
 
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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) : 2 November 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: