. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHN/177 
23 November 2009  
 (09-5828) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health (MOH) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Various types of 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:  National Standard of the People's Republic of China:  
Determination of Protein in Foods  Language:  Chinese  Number of pages:  10 
6. Description of content:  This standard specifies the tes ting methods for determination of 
protein in foods.  The first and the second met hod in this standard apply to determination of 
protein in various types of food, and the thir d method applies to screening determination of 
solid or semi-solid samples like grains, bean s, milk powders, flour, protein powders of 
which the protein content is more than 10 g/100 g.  This standard does not apply to 
determination of food which a dds inorganic nitrogenous subs tances or organic non-protein 
nitrogenous compounds.  When the sample size is 5.0 g, the detection limit of the first 
method is 8 mg/100 g, and when the sample size  is 5.0 g, and the detection limit of the 
second method is 0.1 mg/100 g, and the linear range is 0 mg/L~10.0 mg/L. 
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  G/SPS/N/CHN/177 
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  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:    
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:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  1 January 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: