G/SPS/N/CHN/1095  
 
4 December 2018  
(18-7651) 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 Silicon Dioxide  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the e xtent 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 Silicon Dioxide . Language(s): Chinese.  Number of pages: 7 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2018/SPS/CHN/18_6199_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: This standard  is applicable to  food additive silicon dioxide  
produced either by a vapor phase hydrolysis process  (hydrolysis of silane in oxygen 
hydrogen flame) or by precipitation process  (including gelation, reaction from sodium 
silicate solution to acid) and specified  the technical requirements and testing  method s for 
food additive silicon dioxide.  
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 i nternational standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Additive 385 FAO JECFA Monographs 17 (2015) 
"Silicon Dioxide, Amorphous"  
[ ] 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 st andard?  
[ ] 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, with major differences with JECFA  as: G/SPS/N/CHN/1095  
 
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  According to the actual quality of products in  current  market, silicon dioxide content of all 
types of product are higher than the corresponding requirements of JECFA;  
Considering heavy metal indexes are still remained in the corresponding standards o f the 
surrounding countries and regions, so heavy metal indexes are still remained.  
Follow the FCC10, soluble ionizable salt index rather than the pH regulated in JECFA is 
more effective.  
The index of loss on drying (no more than 7%) in FCC10, satisfy  the demand  of 
production, also favorable with the users, rather than the index in JECFA (no more 
than 8%). 
The changes of the above technical indexes are determined according to the actual 
analysis results of our 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) : 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 num ber and e -mail address (if available) of other body: