General Rules of Foods for Special Medical Purposes G/SPS/N/CHN/1297

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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): Foods for special medical purposes

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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.: General Rules of Foods for Special Medical Purposes. Language(s): Chinese. Number of pages: 17

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/CHN/24_01356_00_x.pdf

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Description of content: This standard specifies the relevant technical indicators of foods for special medical purposes. This standard applies to the foods for special medical purposes for people over 1 year old.

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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.

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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): Codex Stan 180-1991 Standard for Labelling of and Claims for Foods for Special Medical Purposes

[ ]        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: Based on the evidence of DRIs and nutrient requirements of clinical patients in China, the general rules of formula food products for special medical purposes were formulated.

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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: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 12 April 2024

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

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Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National 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