. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHL/160 
1 April 2011 
 (11-1608) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   CHILE
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health) 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Packaged food 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Valores de referencia 
diarios de proteínas, vitaminas y minera les para niños menores de 3 años de edad, 
embarazo y lactancia, para ser utilizados en el  etiquetado nutricional de alimentos en 
Chile.  (Daily Reference Values of proteins, v itamins and minerals for children under 
three years of age and for pregnant and lactating women, to be used in the nutritional labelling of food in Chile) (5 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The proposal seeks to establish Daily Reference Values (DRVs) 
or Daily Reference Intake (DRI) for nutritiona l labelling concerning proteins, vitamins and 
minerals, for infants of under 12 months, child ren under three years of age and pregnant 
and lactating women;  on the strength of scientif ic and technical review evidence, Chile has 
adopted the values currently applied by the Food and Drug Administration:  "Daily Values 
for Infants, Children Less Than 4 Years of  Age, and Pregnant and Lactating Women", 
April 2008, and where these were not availabl e, the "Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs):  
Recommended Intakes for Individuals", Food and Nutrition Board, IOM, National Academies, FR Vol. 72, No. 212, November 2007 (USA). 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and consumer information 
8. Relevant documents:   Draft text establishing daily refe rence values of proteins, vitamins 
and minerals for infants of under12 months, ch ildren under three years of age and pregnant 
and lactating women, to be used in the nutritional labelling of food in Chile. G/TBT/N/CHL/160 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }The corresponding decree will be issued once 
the time required for analysing comments has 
elapsed. 
10. Final date for comments:   20 May 2011 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses,  if available of the other body: 
Departamento de Acceso a Mercados 
Dirección General de Relacion es Económicas Internacionales 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Teatinos 180, piso 11, Santiago 
Tel.: (+56) 2 827-5491 
Fax: (+56) 2 380-9494 E-mail: mailto:tbt_chile@direcon.cl
;  cvasquez@direcon.cl  
Text available at: 
http://www.redsalud.gov.cl/portal/ur l/item/93ad9f0b30f00530e 04001011e01595c.pdf  
and 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/tbt/CHL/11_0860_00_s.pdf