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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 (NHC)
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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 Glycine
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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 Glycine. Language(s): Chinese. Number of pages: 12
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2025/SPS/CHN/25_05737_00_x.pdf
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Description
of content: This standard applies
to food additive aminoacetic acid (glycine) obtained from industrial glycine
by ammoniation process of monochloroacetic acid, then purified by dissolving
in water, decolorized with activated carbon and recrystallized; or obtained from
the sodium glycinate produced by the ammoniation and alkaline hydrolysis of
hydroxyacetonitrile, followed by processes of ion exchange and membrane
decolorization. This standard also applies to the food nutrition fortifier
glycine.
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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:
[ ] 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):
[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:
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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): 3 November 2025
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
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