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

According to the “Administrative measures for registration and filingmanagement of health food”, the State will implement filing management for the health food in which the used raw materials have been included in the “List of raw materials of health food”and the health food that is imported at the first timeincludedthe supplemented vitamin,mineral and other nutrients.

On May 2, 2017, CFDA has formulated and published the “Auxiliary materials available for health food filing product and application regulations thereof (trial)”and “Main production process of health food filing product (trial)”.The auxiliary materials available for health food filing product and main production process will be modified and supplemented as appropriate depending on the approval of health food registration.

“Auxiliary materials available for health food filing product and application regulations thereof (trial)”

Auxiliary materials available for health food filing product mainly refer to common food additives and other auxiliary materials in health food. The “Auxiliary materials available for health food filing product and application regulations thereof (trial)”issued this time mainly stipulates the list of availableauxiliary materials and application principle thereof as well as application scope, dosage,etc.

This Regulation defines the index that the health food manufactures shall conform to in actual production and filing, which also has a standardized significancefor the health food exported to China by overseas health food enterprises.

“Main production process of health food filing product (trial)”

“Main production process of health food filing product (trial)”mainly stipulates the main production process of tablets, hard capsules, soft capsules, oral liquid, granules and other forms of health food (nutrient supplements)supplementing vitamin, minerals and other nutrients.