. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHN/149 
20 November 2009  
 (09-5795) 
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):  Foods for infants and young children, raw milk and dairy products 
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 Whey Protein in Foods fo r Infants and Young Children, Raw Milk and 
Dairy Products  Language:  Chinese  Number of pages:  19   
6. Description of content:  This standard specifies the tes ting methods for determination of 
whey protein in foods for infants and young chil dren, raw milk and dairy products.  In the 
standard, the first method (high performance liquid chromatographic-mass spectrometry) 
applies to determination of α-lactalbumin as well as βb-lactoglobulin and βa-lactoglobulin 
as genetic variants of β -lactoglobulin in foods for infant s and young children, raw milk and 
dairy products.  The second method (gel permeation chromatography) applies to 
determination of α-lactalbumin in foods for infants and young children, raw milk and dairy 
products.  For the first method, the detection limit of α-lactalbumin, as well as βb-
lactoglobulin and  βa-lactoglobulin is 5 mg/100g, the quantitative determination ranges are 
5 ~ 50 mg/100g.  For the second method, the detection limit is 50mg/100g. 
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)    G/SPS/N/CHN/149 
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  [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:    
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: