G/SPS/N/MAC/13
9 December 2014 
(14-7146)  Page: 1/2
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: MACAO, CHINA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) 
The Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region 
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 
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: "Lista de substâncias proibidas de usar nos géneros 
alimentícios" (List of prohibited substances for use in food)  Language(s): Chinese and 
Portuguese  Number of pages: 2 
http://images.io.gov.mo/bo/i/2014/09/rega-6-2014.pdf  
6. Description of content: According to Article 7 of Law No. 5/2013 "Lei de segurança 
alimentar" (Food Safety Law), food safety  standards are defined by complementary 
administrative regulations. As a food safety  standard of Macao S.A.R., Administrative 
Regulation No. 6/2014 "Lista de substancias proibidas de usar nos generos alimenticios" 
(List of prohibited substances for use in food) was published. In this regulation, 
"Prohibited substances" refers to inedible substances possibly used intentionally and illegally during animal husbandry or food production. This regulation stipulates that 
certain substances are prohibited to be used in the production and circulation of 
foodstuffs. The regulation is applicable to the entire food supply chain including food production, processing, preparation, packagin g, transportation, import, export, transit, 
storage, sale, delivery, holding or displaying for sale, etc.  
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:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
[ ] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/MAC/13 
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available: See 
item 5.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 21 February 2014 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 3 March 2014 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 4 March 2014 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :   
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] 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: