 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHN/60 
13 February 2004 
 (04-0583) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health and Standardization Administration of China 
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):  ICS  67.140.10 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries and regions  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Hygienic standard for 
tea, (available in Chinese, 4 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This standard stipulates the requirements of index, food additives, 
hygienic requirements in processing, packag ing, marking, storage, transportation and 
determination methods of tea.  The standard  applies to ferment or green tea made from 
fresh tea leaves, but does not apply to all the dunking tea. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [   ] protec t territory from other 
damage from pests 
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health, 
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:  Chinese 
GB/T4789.21 Microbiological examination of food hygiene, Examination of frozen 
drinking and drink 
GB/T5009.12 Determination of lead in foods GB/T5009.19 Determination of BHC and DDT residues in foods GB/T5009.176 Determination of dicofol residu es in tea, fruits, edible vegetable oils 
GB7718 The universal standard of food labels 
GB14881 General hygienic re gulation for food enterprises 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   6 months after adoption G/SPS/N/CHN/60 
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 12. Final date for comments:  Sixty days after the date of notification 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notificati on authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 