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27 August  2021 
(21-6467) 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : Subsecr etaría 
de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales - Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile 
(Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of 
Chile)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [.], 5.7.1 [.], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Gluten-
free foods  
5. Title, number  of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Consulta Pública 
de Modificación del Decreto Supremo N°977/96, Ministerio de Salud, Reglamento 
Sanitario de los Alimentos, Artículo 516 y Otros Relacionados con la Rotulación Libre de 
Gluten  (Public Consu ltation on Amendment to Supreme Decree No. 977/96, Ministry of 
Health, Food Health Regulations, Article 516 and others relating to gluten -free labelling) 
Directrices para un Programa de Buenas Prácticas de Fabricación para Elaboración de 
Alimentos Libres d e Gluten  (Guidelines for a programme of good manufacturing pr actice s 
for the production of gluten -free foods) (8 pages, in Spanish ; 7 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : On 18 August 2 021, Law No. 21.362 amending various legal 
texts with a view to regulating the labelling, advertising and sale of gluten -free foods, and 
other provisions, was adopted.  
The notified proposal seeks to address the implementation of the provisions indicated in 
the above -mentioned Law relating solely to the labelling of food products declared to be 
"gluten -free" and updates Supreme Decree No. 977/1996, Food Health Regulations (RSA) 
of the Ministry of Health of Chile, focussing primarily on the articles concerning the 
provisions on "gluten -free" labelling.  
The document "Guidelines for a programme of good manufacturing pr actices  for the 
production of gluten -free foods" has been produced to guide the development of the good 
manufacturing practices programmes required in the facilities that process gluten -free 
foods, whether or not for sale or consumption . This is part of the provisions  of Article 2(b) 
of Law No. 21.362.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive pr actices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/CHL/569  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
- Law No. 21.362 amending various legal texts with a view to regulating the labelling, 
advertising and sale of gluten -free foods, and other provisions as indicate d, August 2 021. 
- Decree No. 977. Food Health Regulations, Ministry of Health.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56) 2 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56) 2 2380 9494  
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://www.minsal.cl/consultas -publicas -vigentes/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/CHL/21_5434_00_s.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/CHL/21_5434_01_s.pdf  
 