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G/SPS/N/CHN/526 
7 June 2012 
 (12-2992) 
Committee on Sanitary and 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):  Food additive Starch acetate 
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 Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.:  Food 
Additive Starch Acetate  Language(s):  Chinese  Number of pages:  6 
 http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/sps/CHN/12_2167_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This standard applies to food additive Starch acetate made from 
food starch as raw material by reacting with esterifying agent as well as the food additive Starch acetate that may be processed in the me antime by steam boiling or pregelatinization 
through enzyme-treatment, dextrin-ro asting, acid-treatment and bleaching. 
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
 The specification of Starch acetate prepared at the 71st JECFA (2009). 
[ ] 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 G/SPS/N/CHN/526 
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   If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
The differences of the items between this sta ndard and the JECFA standard are as follows:  
I t e m          L i m i t  
The loss on drying / (%)  Cereal starch   ≤  15.0 
    Other starch monomers   ≤  18.0 
    Potato starch  ≤  21.0 
Sulfur dioxide / (mg/kg)     ≤  30 
Lead (Pb) / (mg/kg)     ≤  1.0 
Total Arsenic (As) / mg/kg    ≤  0.5 
Heavy metal content (Pb) / (mg/kg)   ≤  20 
Vinyl acetate residue / (mg/kg)    ≤  0.1 
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  None   
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) :  6 August 2012 
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: