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About 20% of the products in Japan's "functional foods" labeling system have withdrawn their claims over a lack of scientific evidence or due to termination of their sales, the Mainichi Shimbun has learned.
GB 7718-2011 National Food Safety Standard General Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods and GB 28050-2011 National Food Safety Standard General Rules for the Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods stipulate a lot of exemptions from labeling. An
This amendment is approved by the State Administration for Market Regulation on April 9, 2024 and comes into force as of the date of publication.
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On March 26, 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) of China announced several detailed guidelines, encouraging food businesses to improve the labeling of production dates and shelf lives on prepackaged food products, including food a
After the implementation of the new mandatory standards, products that do not meet the requirements of the new standards cannot be reproduced, sold, and imported.
A company engaged in the operation of imported infant and young children formula milk powder in its Taobao store, sold their products by sub-packaging them in different sizes of individual packages using aluminum foil bags and was fined 428,900 Yuan.
On March 26, 2024, the National Health Commission released the 2024 National Food Safety Standards Establishment Plan (Draft for Comments).
The SAMR encourages food enterprises to optimize the production date and shelf life labeling and identification of prepackaged foods.
Interpretation on GB 19644-2024 National Food Safety Standard Milk Powder and Modified Milk Powder
Interpretation on GB 2760-2024 National Food Safety Standard Standard for Uses of Food Additives
On March 13, 2023, the CFSA opened seven new food additives for public feedback. This includes two food additives, three nutritional fortification substances for use in infant formula, one food additive with the scope of use expanded and one nutritional f
On March 13, 2024, China National Health Commission approved 23 kinds of "three new" foods and related products, including 6 kinds of novel food ingredients such as dendrobium protocorm and 12 new varieties of food additives such as mixed tocotr
Can unapproved health food be returned for declaration?
The USDA released livestock and products semi-annual of China.
On March 6, 2024, the GACC issued a notification allowing the import of dairy products from Austria that meet Chinese inspection and quarantine requirements. The notification took effect immediately.
China introduces 53 new GB standards, with food additives and dairy products involved.
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The CFSA is soliciting opinions on three novel food ingredients — Maritime pine bark extract, Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis M-63 and N-acetylglucosamine.
2024 Boao Food for Health Science Conference successfully ended!
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Since the implementation of the new national standards, the formula registration of infant and young children formula milk powder has progressed smoothly.
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The seventh session of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee on Friday passed the Food Security Law. The new legislation will take effect on June 1, 2024.
The first filing certificate of health food protein powder and the first filing certificate of protein powder compound products have been issued.
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China unveils draft of GB 29922 General Rules for Food for Special Medical Purpose.
On January 24, 2024, the GACC published the list of non-compliant food products in December 2023. A total of 234 batches of imported food from 29 countries/regions were rejected.
Labeling scheme of salt/sugar for prepackaged foods in Hong Kong, China
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Interpretation of the National Food Safety Standard General Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (Draft for Comments)
China mandates recipe registration for liquid infant formula.
2023 Industry Report for Infant Formula Milk Powder came out, which is published by Antion every year.
Can the wholly-owned subsidiary implement the enterprise standard formulated by the parent company? Is the authorization or document approval required?
New Zealand dairy products exported to China are exempted from tariff since 2024.
'Q&A' about 'online' sales of special food
2024 Boao Food for Health Science Conference & Expo will be Held from February 25 to 29. 2024 in Boao, Hainan.
As of January 1, 2024, a series of new laws and regulations affecting business practices in China will come into effect. It is of utmost importance for foreign investors and enterprises engaged in various sectors.
China time-honored brands break "lifetime employment" system.
Antion has summarized the requirements for the font height on the label for enterprises reference.
The CFSA is soliciting opinions on 3 new varieties of food additives including D-psicose 3-epimerase.
South Korea released the Guidelines for Labeling of Alternative Food.
The CFSA is publicly soliciting opinions on 2 kinds of novel food ingredients — L-alpha-Glycerylphosphorylcholine and Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides.
The SAMR officially released the Guidelines for the Standardization of Health Food Logo Labeling.
China appends ginseng, American ginseng, and Lingzhi (also known as reishi) into the "Catalogue of Health Food Raw Materials".
Basic requirements for sale of health food
This article introduced how the Customs ensures the safety of imported poultry meat.
On January 9, 2024, Antion will have a live course on 2023 Food Regulations Roundup.
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What should be paid attention to in the determination of health food auxiliary materials and dosage?
This article aims to provide a comparative analysis of the regulatory frameworks governing food claims in China and Canada.
In order to help enterprises understand the labeling requirements of net content, Antion has sorted out the relevant standards to facilitate understanding and learning.
On December 11, 2023, the National Health Commission released a letter on soliciting opinions on 21 national food safety standards (draft for comments). The deadline for comments is February 10, 2024.
What should be paid attention to in the selection of health food dosage forms and the determination of specifications?
On December 1, 2023, China National Health Commission (NHC) and State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) jointly unveiled Announcement on Amino Acid Management on Food for Special Dietary Uses, with immediate effect.
China revised administrative measures for FSMP registration.
On December 1, 2023, the National Health Commission issued the Announcement on 9 Kinds of "Three New Foods" including Yerba Mate, which passed 3 novel foods including Yerba mate and 2 new varieties of food additives including edible tannin.
How to determine true nature name of health food?
Food products get digital labels to give consumers complete picture.
In order to help relevant enterprises understand the changes in the National Food Safety Standard Modified Milk (draft for comments), Antion provided a brief interpretation of the draft.
NHNE2023 will be held in China Import and Export Fair, Guangzhou from December 5 to 7. As the official partner of this event, Antion will conduct some regulatory activities at the event.
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On November 17, 2023, the NHC announced to update the Catalogue of Substances Traditionally Considered as Both Food and Chinese Medicine by adding nine new substances.
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