National Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.: Food additive Ammonium Carbonate G/SPS/N/CHN/1308

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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 additive Ammonium carbonate

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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 additive Ammonium Carbonate. Language(s): Chinese. Number of pages: 7

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/SPS/CHN/24_04506_00_x.pdf

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Description of content: This standard is applicable to the food additive ammonium carbonate, which is prepared from ammonia, carbon dioxide and water by absorption, crystallization, separation, drying and cooling, consists of ammonium carbamate, ammonium carbonate and ammonium hydrogen carbonate in varying proportions. It specifies the technical requirements and testing methods for food additive ammonium carbonate.

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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): Alimentarius of the United Nations Food Additive Committee of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) (the 59^th JECFA (2002))

[ ]        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:

1. The content of NH3 is 30.0% ~ 34.0% in JECFA. This standard is modified to 30.5% ~ 34.0% based on the National Health Commission (formerly the National Health and Family Planning Commission) No. 1, 2017 announcement and actual product testing data in China;
2. JECFA has no Residue on Ignition and total arsenic requirements. This standard refers to the provisions of the National Health Commission (formerly the National Health and Family Planning Commission) No. 1, 2017 announcement requiring setting these two indicators;
3. For JECFA, the requirements for non-volatile matter is ≤500 mg/kg and the requirements for lead is ≤2 mg/kg. This standard refers to the provisions of the National Health Commission (formerly the National Health and Family Planning Commission) No. 1, 2017 announcement requiring setting the requirements for non-volatile matter is ≤100 mg/kg and the requirements for lead is ≤1.0mg/kg.

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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): 9 September 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:

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, [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