G/SPS/N/CHN/1057  
 
11 October 2017  
(17-5472) 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  
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 polyethylene glycols  
4. Regions or countries like ly 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 polyethylene glycols . Language(s): Chinese.  Number of pages: 9 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/CHN/17_4619_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard applies to food addi tive polyethylene glycols using 
ethylene oxide and water as raw material by polymerization and refining. This standard 
specifies the technical requirements and determination methods for the food additive 
polyethylene glycols.  
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) : Food Chemicals Codex: Polyethylene Glycols, 
prepared at the 31st JECFA (1987)  
[ ] 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 total arsenic index was added with a limit of 1.0 mg/kg. 
Taking into account of the production process and pollution, and referring to the quality 
standard of polyethylene glycol in Chinese pharmacopoeia, the index and  limit value are 
included.  G/SPS/N/CHN/1057  
 
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  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) : 9 December 2017  
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: