G/SPS/N/CHL/711  
9 December  2021 
(21-9206) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Salud , MINSAL (Ministry of Health)  
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 for human consumption  
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 : Consulta pública de modificación del Decreto Supremo 
N°977/96, Ministerio de Salud, Reglamento Sanitario de los alimentos, Artículo 170, 
referida a factores de equivalencia tóxica (FET) de dioxinas, furanos y PCBs  (Public 
consultation on the amendment to Supreme Decree No. 977/96, Ministry of Health, Food 
Health Regulations, Article 170 , concerning  toxic equivalency factors (TEF)  for dioxins, 
furans and PCBs)  Language(s) : Spanish Number of p ages : 3 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_7598_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : In 2005, the  World Health Organization (WHO) amended t he 
toxic equivalency factors (TEF) for dioxins, furans and PCBs 
(https://www.who.int/ipcs/assessment/tef_values.pdf ), as a result of which the table that 
presents these factors in Article 170 of the Food Health Regulations is out of date . Further 
information  can be found at: 
https://academic.oup.com/toxsci/article/93/2/223/1707690 . 
These factors must be updated in order to ensure harmoni zation  with WHO guidelines and 
for risk assessment purposes.  
In addition, it was confirmed that there are errors in compound identification, which is 
why the correction is being made at this time . In light of this,  the compounds misidentified 
in different parts of the document are highlighted in yellow in either the current table or 
the proposed table.  
At present, Article 170 of the Food Health Regulations establishes compound 
identifications and their respective to xic equivalency factors.  
This document includes the current table of toxic equivalency factors and the proposed 
table of toxic equivalency factors.  
Further details can be found in the document attached to this notification.  
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.  G/SPS/N/CHL/711  
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard : The 2005 WHO toxic equivalency factors from "REVIEW - The 
2005 World Health Organization Reevaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic 
Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin -Like Compounds" are used.  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available : 
"REVIEW - The 2005 World Health Organization Reevaluation of Human and Mammalian 
Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin -Like Compounds"  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHL/21_7598_00_e.pdf  (available 
in English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Upon publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Approximately 80 days from the date of 
circulation of the notification  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [X] Six months from date of publication, 
and/or ( dd/mm/yy ): 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 7 February 2 022 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Email : sps.chile@sag.gob.cl