Latest China food law news

NHC completes review of new raw materials and food additives

NHC proposes a legislative project on National Food Safety Standards (GB) by 2024

SAMR asks companies to make production date and shelf life easier to find on labels

NHC publishes new 47 National Food Safety Standards

Macau SAR unveils "Standards for the use of Food Additives in Food"

SAMR Consults on Filing Requirements for Health Food Added with Ginseng, American Ginseng, and Lingzhi

New Draft Standard on Foods for Special Medical Purposes

New Standard on GMP for FSMP

SAMR to require registration of liquid infant formula

New management provisions of non-edible substances that can be added to foods

Public consultation on four GB standards under revision/development

Update of nutrients levels in dietary supplements

Published 21 new draft national food safety standards

Review of new food raw materials and food additives

New ingredients included in the Catalogue of Raw Materials for Health Food

New rules on amino acid management in foods for special dietary uses

New guidelines on the use of health food logo

9 new substances authorized for use as food and as ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine

CAFFCI opens public consultation on amendment to General Rules for Food Flavorings

CAFFCI approves standards for Angelica and Valerian oils as food additives

SAMR Publishes General Rules on Operating Licenses for Food Companies

Amendement to Standard for Raw Milk

New Draft Standard on Nutritionally Complete Food for Cancer Patients

New Draft Standard on Food additive Polydextrose

Guidelines for Online Sales of Special Foods published

NHC consults on 11 new food safety standards

NHC announces review of new foods and food additives

MARA consults on new GMOs labeling rules

New approved ingredients for Health Foods

NHC and SAMR unveils 85 New GB Standards

SAMR prioritizes review and approval of FSMP for rare diseases

CFSA opens consultation on amino acid management on medical foods

SAMR publishes implementing rules for health food evaluation

CFSA Consults on Three New Food Additives, 2'FL Involved

New food substances under review

New draft GB/T Standard for Solid Beverages

New draft standard on fortified foods published

SAMR publishes test methods for Food and Food Supplements

CFSA takes position on aspartame

National Food Safety Standards under review in 2024

Yerba Mate under evaluation as new food raw material

Three new food additives under review

Authorized raw materials and health claims on food supplements under review

Amendment to National Food Safety Standard on Nitrous Oxide published

Amendment to the National Food Safety Standard on Milk Powders published by NHC

New standard on food nutritional fortifier (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid, glucosamine salt published

New standard on food additive polyvinyl alcohol published

SAMR to revise advertising rules for Drugs, Medical Devices, Health Food and FSMP

NHC publishes 5 draft ingredient, additive and fortification standards

National Health Commission: 3 novel foods and food additives assessed

Amendment to the standard on general safety requirements for food contact materials published

Draft of 3 new food additives published

Draft on 4 types of new food raw materials published

New food materials and additives including GMM derived enzymes published

New varieties of resins for materials and products in contact with food

National Food Safety Standards Plan open to comments

New food raw materials open for comments

Standard on food additive vegetable carbon published

Standard on canned complementary foods for infants and young children published

Standard on formulas for special medical purposes intended for infants published

Draft on 5 new food additives published

38 draft national food safety standards published

CFSA evaluates 4 new ingredients in food

Public opinion on the use of nutritional fortification substances in foods

National safety standards for the importation of infant formulas and other products

Regulation on food for special medical purposes

Guidelines for the label of Foods for Special Medical Purposes

List of strains that can be used for food

Review of 3 new food-related products

Review of new food raw material

Review of 10 new varieties of food additives

New botanical species added to the Health Food Raw Materials Directory

Food Production License

Supervision and Administration of Food Product Quality and Safety

Standard on food additive 5-Pentyl-3H-furan-2-one

Standard on food additive calcium hydroxide

Food additive standards

Approval document for food for infants

New food additives and food products approved

Public consultation on 13 new food additives

Public consultation on 10 new food-related Products

List of authorized bacterial cultures in food and baby food

Catalogue of national food safety standards

New mandatory standard for paper and cardboard food contact

36 New National Food Safety Standards

Remaining packaging materials for solid beverages enterprises

Revision on new food additives

New varieties of additives for food contact materials and products

Genetically Engineered Soybean and Corn Varieties

New food materials and additives including GMM derived enzymes

National Food Safety Standards Plan

Leuconostoc pseudo intestinal new food raw material

Review of new raw materials and food additives

Health and Special Dietary Foods

New varieties of food additives

Food contact materials

Standard on requirements to restrict excess packaging for foodstuffs

Approval document for the registration of powdered infant formula milk

17 draft food standards

Arabinoxylan as a new raw material in foodstuffs

Supervision over using the health food logo

New ingredients and food additives

Standard on complementary foods and nutritional supplements

Review of 5 new varieties of food additives

National Food Safety Standards

Substances used in food contact materials

Consultation on Health Function Catalogue for Health Food Claims (2022)

CFSA consults on New food raw material Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

CFSA consults on new varieties of food-related products

CFSA consults on five new food additives

Regulations on the registration and administration of foreign manufacturers of imported food

Additional requirements on the use of claims on infant formula labeling

Project on 2 new food ingredients, including sugarcane extract published by CFSA

Publication of 17 National Food Safety Standards announced by CFSA

Lists of bacterial cultures for foods and baby foods consulted by CFSA

“Administrative Measures for Registration of Foods for Special Medical Purpose” published

10 New food-related products approved

CFSA consults on 11 new varieties of food additives

Draft standards including general principles of food labeling published

Updated catalogue of official national food standards published

17 new standards on microbiological quality and food additives published

Standards including general principles of food labeling published

Updated catalogue of official national food standards published

17 new standards on microbiological quality and food additives published

New review of new food additives and enzymes food published

Public consultation on new requirements for Formula Milk Powder labeling published

Proposal for new varieties of food additives in public consultation

Interpretative guidance on imported food labeling requirements published

Proposal for new varieties of food additives in public consultation

Interpretative guidance on imported food labeling requirements published

New food raw materials open to comments

New food raw materials open to comments

Public consultation on new requirements for Formula Milk Powder labeling published

New review of new food additives and enzymes food published

Notified draft standard of cream butter and anhydrous milk fat

Cross-country experiences and lessons in nutraceutical health marketing in the United States, China, and India

Notified draft standard of cream butter and anhydrous milk fat

For public consultation 23 draft technical standards on food  

SAMR publishes approval document (Decision) for special food

SAMR proposes addition of edible period to the labels of low-temperature dairy products

SAMR publishes approval document (Decision) for special food

SAMR proposes addition of edible period to the labels of low-temperature dairy products

For public consultation 23 draft technical standards on food

Notifies draft safety standard for use of food additives as SPS CHN 1217

Notifies draft safety standard for use of food additives as SPS CHN 1217

CFSA consults on the approval of 9 new food additives

China’s National Health Commission approves six food ingredients

China Proposes to Regulate the Rapid Detection Test in Food

Government publishes Regulations for the registration of facilities abroad - Decree 248

Government notifies draft good manufacturing practice for formula food for infants and young children

China’s National Health Commission approves six food ingredients

China Proposes to Regulate the Rapid Detection Test in Food

Government publishes Regulations for the registration of facilities abroad - Decree 248

Government notifies draft good manufacturing practice for formula food for infants and young children

CFSA consults on the approval of 9 new food additives

Notified draft National Food Safety Standard for soybeans

China notifies updated code of hygienic practice for cooked meat

Industry Group issues voluntary standard for plant-based meat alternative products

China notifies updated code of hygienic practice for cooked meat

Industry Group issues voluntary standard for plant-based meat alternative products

Authorities Announce 50 New National Standards and 4 Food Amendments

State Administration of Market Supervision Notifies Update National Standard of the P.R.C., Wheat

The State Administration for Market Supervision Publishes the Interpretation of The Five Raw Materials of Healthy Food Brochure, Including Coenzyme Q10

10 New Food Additives, Like Α-Amylase, and Also Six New Products Related to Food, Like Calcium Hydroxide, Have Been Approved

The State Administration for Market Supervision Forbids the Use of Nicotinamide Mononucleic Acid (NMN) in Conventional Food and Healthy Food

The State Administration for Market Supervision Publishes the “Formulation and Technical Requirement of Five Raw Materials For Healthy Food, Including Coenzyme Q10”

National Health Commission announces approval of Approves 3 New Food Raw Materials, 5 New Food Additives and 7 New Varieties of Food Related Products

CNCA publishes guidelines for organic food certification sampling

National Steering Committee of Nutrition and Health publishes "Guide for the nutritional labeling of catering foods"

China Issues Health Food Regulation on Nutrient Supplements and Claims (2020 Edition)

Centre for Food Safety: Proposed Amendments to the Harmful Substances in Food Regulations (Cap. 132AF)

Special Food Safety Supervision and Administration Department: 5 New Functional Ingredients into the Health Food Raw Material Positive List

The State Administration for Market Regulation issued a notice on the classification of application for Registration Change of Health food

The National Health Commission issued 42 new national food safety regulations

China’s National Health Commission (NHC)  approves Four New Food Additives and Two New FCM Additives

General Administration of Customs: Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Registration and Administration of Overseas Manufactures of Imported Food (Draft for Comments)

The State Administration for Market Regulation: "Working procedures for the on-site inspection of the register of special foods (provisional)

The State Administration for Market Regulation: "Working procedures for the on-site inspection of the register of special foods (provisional)

State Administration for Market Regulation  Issues 3 Technical Guidelines (2020 Edition) On Health Food Safety and its Evaluation

Notifies Draft Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides

Notifies Draft National Food Safety Standard - General Rules for Nutritional Labeling of Prepackaged Foods

Notifies Draft Measures on Supervision and Management of Food Labeling

Notifies Draft National Food Safety Standard - Metal Materials and Products for Food Contact

Notifies Draft National Food Safety Standard - Beverages

China Publishes Various National Food Safety Standards and Amendments

National Food Safety Standards are looking for public opinions

GACC | Rejected Imported Foods & Cosmetics in February, 2020

Corona virus impact on food industry

Food industry taking regulatory leadership: group standards

Meal replacement towards a long awaited regulation

Guidance on Registration of Infant Formula in China (2020)

Infant formula milk powder registration requirements

SAMR | Replacement of Formulation & Label information of FSMP after Registration Alteration

Summary | 1792 batches of imported foods were rejected in 2019, increase of 32.6%

National Food Safety Standards will be executed in April, 2020

Impacts of 2019 novel Coronavirus-caused pneumonia epidemic on China food import and export trade

International Dairy Federation predicts that epidemic may affect US dairy exports to China

Russia and Armenia implements a one-month temporary animal import restriction order

Kyrgyzstan has banned imports of Chinese meat and proposes a total ban on imports of Chinese agricultural products

Jordan decides to suspend imports of animal and plant products from China

Tajikistan: Ban on all types of food imports from China

Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Industry and Trade study response to epidemic impact on agricultural exports

Indonesia does not stop importing Chinese food

Brazil agriculture minister says that normal trade between the two countries is not affected by the outbreak

Malaysia does not restrict trade with China

Do you recognize the impact of the Sino-US economic and trade agreement on infant formula imports?

Summary | Notices of Import Approvals from GACC (February, 2020)

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations (February 17-23)

NEW CTM AND FOOD INGREDIENT LIST

NEW DRAFT GB 7718 OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS

NEW ORGANIC STANDARDS IN FORCE

OTHER DRAFT STANDARDS ISSUED FOR COMMENTS

MOA - Naming of 192 Genetically Modified Crop Varieties

NHC & SAMR | NEW! 6 substances that are both foods and traditional Chinese medicines

NHC & SAMR | Pilot production of 9 substances that are both foods and traditional Chinese medicines

Acceptance Situation of Submission of Novel Food Ingredients in 2019

Acceptance Situation of Submission of Novel Food Additives in 2019

Regulation and Labelling of Genetically Modified Food in China

Notice on soliciting public opinion on the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Sales, Quality and Safety of Edible Agricultural Products (Draft)

Announcement on Publishing 6 Food Supplementary Inspection Methods

Reminder | Food Regulations Implemented since October 1, 2019

Case Study | Penalty for incorrectly-labelled protein content in food labels

Interpretation | NEW Regulation on the Implementation of the Food Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China

GAC will provide Pre-classification Consulting Services for Imported Goods

Interpretation | Regulations on the Administration of Registration of Overseas Manufacturers of Imported Foods (Draft)

SAMR | Guidelines for the Naming of Health Foods (2019 Edition)

Sampling | 5 Batches of Unqualified Foods ([2019] No. 40)

SAMR released the draft version of “Food Labeling Supervision Administrative Measures” for public comments (to be submitted until December 20, 2019)

Notice n. 6-2019 was released by NHC. Such notice expands the range of available additives

Customs issued a draft regulation that – if approved without modifications – may have a deep impact on food import business in China.

Food safety governance in China: From supervision to coregulation

National Health Commission Issued the Second Batch of National Food Safety Standards Project for 2019

The General Administration of Customs Issued 58 Entry and Exit Inspection and Quarantine Industry Standards

The National Health Committee Issued the Health and Fitness Standard Project Plan for 2019

The General Administration of Customs Issued 58 Entry and Exit Inspection and Quarantine Industry Standards

The National Health Commission Issued a Catalogue of National Food Safety Standards (up to 1,263 as of August 2019)

General Administration of Customs and National Health Committee Removed Two Types of Regulatory Certificates from the Port Audit

Registration of Health Food keeps increasing: until 13 December 2019 a total of 396 have been approved, while in the same period 27 products have benefitted of the fast-track filing procedure.

GUIDE TO LABELING WARNINGS FOR HEALTH FOODS

APPROVED FSMP IN AUGUST, 2019

EVOLUTION OF HEALTH FOOD REGISTRATION AND FILING NUMBER FORMAT

APPROVED INFANT FORMULA IN AUGUST, 2019

Evolution of Health Food Registration and Filing Number Format

GAC | Unqualified Imported Foods & Cosmetics in June, 2019

First! China Opens Dairy Market to Brazil

Summary | Approved FSMP in July, 2019

The Action Plan for Promoting Domestic Infant Formula Milk Powder

2019 Special Action Plan on Supervision of Online Market

Interpretation | Administrative measures on Product Formulation Registration of Infant Formula Milk Powder (Draft for comment 2019)

Announcement of the National Health Commission on 24 kinds of "three new foods" such as Lactobacillus curcas (No. 2 of 2019)

Letter of the Ministry of Agricultur on the Maximum Residue Limits of Pesticide (Draft for Comment) (Agriculture and Peasants (Pesticide) [2019] No. 66)

Notice on the "Measures for the Administration of Food Production Licenses (Draft for Comment)

Announcement of the State Administration of Market Regulation on Adjusting the Generic Name of Formula Food Products for Special Medical Uses (No. 26 of 2019)

Notice of the State Administration of Market Supervision on the Public Consultation on the Proof of the Setting of Departmental Regulations and Normative documents

What Risk Will Have with "No Sucrose" or "No Added Sucrose" in China？

Can the Wine Bought Back Abroad be Sold to the Market?

What are the Special Regulations for the Label of Infant Formula in China?

GAC|Cancel Label Filing for Imported Pre-packaged Food

Summary of Infant Formula Products Changes

What Are the Principles for Implementation of Food Additive Product Standards in China?

2018 Annual Report of Food Standards & Regulations and Food Safety Events

Summary | FSMP Approval List in China (February, 2019)

Review of the First Year of Infant Formula New Policy

How to Use, Label and Register Substances Belong to Food Fortifiers & Novel Food Ingredients?

Top 10 Regulatory Highlights in China Food Industry of 2018

CHINA - COMPARISON BETWEEN FORMAL EDITION AND EXPOSURE DRAFT OF “TECHNICAL GUIDELINES ON LABELING NORMALIZATION FOR PRODUCT FORMULA REGISTRATION OF INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN FORMULA MILK POWDER

CHINA FDA ISSUES GUIDELINES FOR THE FILING OF HEALTH FOOD

CHINA - INTERPRETATION ON THE“NATIONAL NUTRITION PLAN (2017-2030)” WITH A VIEW ON STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS

CHINA - NEW RULES FOR AUXILIARY MATERIALS AND PROCESSING OF HEALTH FOOD FILING PRODUCT

CHINA - SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING THE NAME OF FORMULA FOOD FOR SPECIAL MEDICAL PURPOSES

CHINA - CFSA ASKS FOR OPINIONS ON VARIOUS FOOD ADDITIVES

CHINA - REPLY LETTER OF THE OFFICE OF CFDA DEFINING THE TRANSITION PERIOD FOR FORMULA PRODUCT

CHINA - NHFPC APPROVES TEN NEW KINDS OF NOVEL FOODS

CHINA - ANALYSIS ON THE SECOND EXTENSION OF THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD FOR THE SUPERVISION POLICY ON CROSS-BORDER ELECTRONIC COMMERCE

CHINA - THE STATE COUNCIL REVISES THE “REGULATIONS ON THE SAFETY ADMINISTRATION OF AGRICULTURAL GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS”

CHINA - REVISED DRAFT OF THE PRC FOOD SAFETY REGULATION SUBMITTED TO WTO. ANALYSIS OF ITS INFLUENCE ON OVERSEAS FOOD COMPANIES

CHINA - ANNOUNCEMENT OF NATIONAL HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE EXPANSION OF THE USE SCOPE OF SEVERAL ADDITIVES (NATIONAL HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING COMMISSION, NO. 10, 2017)

CHINA - FRESH START FOR THE INFANT FORMULA MARKET: 192 INFANT FORMULAS HAVE OBTAINED A CFDA REGISTRATION NUMBER

CHINA - THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE IS SOLICITING OPINIONS ON MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR PESTICIDE RESIDUES

CHINA - FORMULA REGISTRATION IN THE PROCESS OF THE REVISION OF THE INFANTS & YOUNG CHILDREN FORMULA FOOD STANDARD

CHINA - NEW REGULATIONS ON “MEASURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF ENTRY-EXIT INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE PROCEDURES” LAUNCHED

CHINA FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ISSUES THE REGISTRATION LIST OF FIRST BATCH OF FORMULA FOOD FOR SPECIAL MEDICAL PURPOSES AND ADJUSTS THE RELATED TRANSITIONAL PERIOD

CHINA NATIONAL CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT IS SOLICITING OPINIONS ON THE “NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY STANDARD FOR USES OF FOOD ADDITIVES”

CHINA FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION SOLICITS OPINIONS ON THE GUIDELINES FOR TWO CLINICAL TRIALS OF FORMULA FOODS FOR SPECIAL MEDICAL PURPOSES

THE PRIMARY COMPONENTS TESTING METHOD OF HEALTH FOOD PROBIOTICS

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF QUALITY SUPERVISION, INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE SOLICITS OPINIONS ON THE “STANDARDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE QUALITY SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION OF FOOD RELATED PRODUCTS”

CHINA FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (CFDA) ISSUED FOOD SAMPLING AND INSPECTION PLAN FOR 2018

NFHPC ISSUED AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON SIX NEW VARIETIES OF FOOD-RELATED PRODUCTS ON 3-AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE ETC.

CFDA ISSUED AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON FOOD AND HEALTH FOOD PRODUCTS

XINHUA NEWS AGENCY WAS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE EXPLANATION OF PLAN FOR INSTITUTIONAL REFORM OF THE STATE COUNCIL

CHINA NATIONAL HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING COMMITTEE (NHFPC) ISSUED NEW APPROVED FOOD ADDITIVES

THE NATIONAL HEALTH AND SANITATION COMMISSION ISSUES LETTER ON CLASSIFICATION BETWEEN FOODS AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINES MATERIALS

THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CUSTOMS ISSUES A "DECISION OF THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CUSTOMS ON AMENDING CERTAIN REGULATIONS"

FROM OCTOBER 1, 2018, THE "QS" LOGO MAY NO LONGER BE USED IN FOOD PRODUCTION

SOLICITATION OF OPINIONS ON 6 ITEMS OF FOOD SAFETY NATIONAL STANDARDS (DRAFT FOR COMMENT), FOOD ADDITIVES DL-ALANINE

THE FIRST FULL-NUTRITION FSMP APPROVAL ISSUED BY SAMR

THE SAMR PUBLISHES THE REGISTRATION APPROVAL LIST OF INFANT FORMULA

HOW TO IMPORT FOOD PRODUCTS WITHOUT FOOD SAFETY NATIONAL STANDARDS

SAMR ON PUBLIC CONSULTATION OPINIONS ON THE NAMING OF HEALTH FOODS (DRAFT FOR COMMENT)

NATIONAL FOOD SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT CENTER RELEASES SOLUBLE SOYBEAN POLYSACCHARIDES FOR NEW FOOD ADDITIVES

SAMR ISSUED NEW FSMP (FORMULA FOOD FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE) APPROVAL LIST

NEW PESTICIDE RESIDUE LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR 43 COMPOUNDS

FOOD BEYOND EXPIRATION DATE AND RECYCLED FOOD?

SAMR SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE REGISTRATION OF INFANT FORMULA MILK POWDER PRODUCTS (DRAFT FOR COMMENT)

CADMIUM CONTENT IN CEREALS AND SUPPLEMENTARY FOODS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN WILL BE INCLUDED IN FOOD SAFETY SAMPLING

INFANT FOOD SUPPLEMENTS ARE UNQUALIFIED IN THE "NATIONAL INSPECTION" ?

NOTICE ON ORGANIZING DRAFTING TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR CLINICAL TRIALS

INTERPRETATION "PRE-PACKAGED FOOD LABELING STANDARDS" OPINION DRAFT

THE NEWLY INFANT FORMULA REGISTRATION APPROVAL LIST

SAMR ANNOUNCEMENT ON FSMP REGISTRATION VERIFICATION CERTIFICATE

A PICTURE TO KNOW CROSS-BORDER E-COMMERCE IMPORT RETAIL POLICY

CHINA AND AUSTRALIA ARE GOING TO EXEMPT MOST OF CUSTOMS DUTIES

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NOVEL FOOD CONSULTATION REQUEST FORMALIZED