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National Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.: Food nutritional fortifier Calcium citrate G/SPS/N/CHN/1224

Issue Date:2023-06-01

 

 

NOTIFICATION

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Notifying Member: China

If applicable, name of local government involved:

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Agency responsible: National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China

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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 nutritional fortifier Calcium citrate

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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:

[X]     All trading partners

[ ]      Specific regions or countries:

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Title of the notified document: National Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.: Food nutritional fortifier Calcium citrate. Language(s): Chinese. Number of pages: 7

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/CHN/21_6708_00_x.pdf

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Description of content: This standard applies to food nutritional fortifier calcium citrate formed by reaction of citric acid with calcium carbonate or calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide. This standard specifies the technical requirements and testing methods of food nutritional fortifier calcium citrate.

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Objective and rationale: [Xfood safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.

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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:

[X]       Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text): 59th JECFA (2002) "Calcium citrate"

[ ]        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

If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard: The technical requirements of this standard has some differences from JECFA as follows:

  1. JECFA sets the assay of calcium citrate tetrahydrate as not less than 97.5% after drying; This standard sets the assay of calcium citrate tetrahydrate and calcium citrate trihydrate as 97.5~100.5 (on dry basis);
  2. JECFA has no heavy metal (Pb), total arsenic and total mercury requirements while this standard sets the three limit indexes;
  3. JECFA has no hydrochloric acid insoluble substance requirement while this standard sets the limit index;
  4. JECFA has free acid and alkali oxalate requirements while this standard has no such index.

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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  

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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

[ ]      Trade facilitating measure

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Final date for comments: [XSixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 21 December 2021

Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [ ] National Notification Authority, [XNational Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China

Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645/5795 4642

E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn

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Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [XNational Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:

WTO/SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China

Tel: +(86 10) 5795 4645/5795 4642

E-mail: sps@customs.gov.cn