In China, "three new food" refers to novel food, new varieties of food additives and new varieties of food related products. The National Health Commission is responsible for the acceptance and approval of "three new food".
On January 12, 2023, the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment publicly solicited opinions on 4 novel foods including blueberry anthocyanins. The deadline for comments is February 12, 2023.
In the year of 2022, China government revealed several regulations and drafts for comments about dairy products you are interested. Antion pulled a list for those articles and some other related information that worth to read again.
Q1：What requirements should imported food meet?
In the year of 2022, China government revealed several regulations and drafts for comments about health food you are interested.
On December 23, 2022, the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment issued the National Food Safety Standard the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods for Special Dietary Uses (draft) to widely solicit opinions from various industries an
On March 18, 2021, the NHC issued GB 10765-2021 National Food Safety Standards Infant Formula, GB 10766-2021 National Food Safety Standards Older Infants Formula and GB 10767-2021 National Food Safety Standards Young Children Formula
On December 2, 2022, the National Institute for Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued the National Food Safety Standard General Principles for Food for Special Medical Purpose (Draft for Comment
The Measures of the People's Republic of China for the Administration of Import and Export Food Safety (Order No. 249 of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China) and the Regulations of the People's Republic of
According to the Food Safety Law and the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Quantitative Packaged Commodity Measurement, and with reference to previous food label management experience, "prepackaged foods" is defined as: food
On November 22, 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued an announcement on publicly soliciting opinions on the Anti-Unfair Competition Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft for Comments).
The Announcement of the State Administration for Market Regulation on Strengthening the Quality and Safety Supervision of Solid Beverages (No. 46 of 2021) (hereinafter referred to as the "New Regulations") took effect on June 1, 2022.
On November 7, 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued the Guidance for the Labeling of Food for Special Medical Purpose (Draft for Comments) for public opinions.
On October 21, 2022, the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment publicly solicited opinions on a new variety of food additive — potassium polyaspartate, 4 new varieties of enzyme preparations for food industry including prot
On October 21, 2022, the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment solicited opinions on a novel food, calcium β-hydroxy-β-methyl butyrate (CaHMB). The deadline for comments is November 21, 2022.
On October 25, 2022, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued the Catalogues of three health food raw materials including Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer (draft for comments). The deadline for comments is November 25, 2022.
The energy conversion coefficient of dietary fiber is 8kJ/g, including the dietary fiber contained in the product itself and other monomer components of dietary fiber such as indigested oligosaccharides, indigested starch and resistant dext
How to mark dietary fiber?
On September 20, 2022, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the National Food Safety Standard Maximum Residue Limits for 41 Veterinary Drugs in Foods (GB 31650.1-2022) and 21 national food safety standards for test methods of
China is the largest meat manufacturer and consumer in the world, and imported frozen meat is a beneficial supplement to China's meat supply. Then how to apply for imported frozen meat products?
China implements access assessment for eight categories of products, including meat, dairy products, aquatic products, bird's nests, casings, plant-derived foods, traditional Chinese medicine and bee products.
The General Quality of Biscuit (GB/T 20980-2021) was implemented on June 1, 2022.
NHC Passed 7 Kinds of "Three Novel Foods" including Lactase
NHC| Soliciting Opinions on 18 Food Standards including GB 2760
Interpretation| Law on Quality & Safety of Agricultural Products
Lists of Species that Can be Used in Food&Infants Food Updated
CFSA| Soliciting Opinions on 13 Food Additives such as L-Cystine
Q&A| How to Mark the Chinese Label of CBEC Food?
Import Knowledge According to the Order No. 249 of the GACC II
New GB for Beverages| Content Mark of Live Lactic Acid Bacteria
Q&A| Printing Requirements for Imported Health Food Labels
Import Knowledge According to the Order No. 249 of the GACC I
Interpretation| New GBs for Beverages and Concentrated Dairy
NHC Issued 2022 National Food Safety Standard Establishment Plan
New GBs were Issued such as Process(ed) Cheese & Cheese Products
To ensure the success of the fifth China International Import Expo, the General Administration of Customs has outlined its initiatives for streamlining customs clearance and promoting trade facilitation.
What are the responsibilities of importers when importing?
The GACC further prevents and controls COVID-19 pandemic at imported cold chain food ports.
On June 22, 2022, the Chinese Nutrition Society issued the Notice on Collecting Technical Information of Lycopene and Other Health Food Ingredients. The deadline for collection is July 15, 2022.
Recently, the CFSA publicly solicits opinions on "three novel foods", including a novel food ingredient, 4 new varieties of enzyme preparations for food industry, 2 processing aids for food industry with the scope of use expanded and 2 new varieties o
On June 1, 2022, the National Health Commission released the 2022 National Food Safety Standards Establishment Plan (Draft for Comments).
What are the entity registration certificate documents of overseas applicants in the infant and young children formula registration materials?
Starting from June 2022, the new regulations on solid beverages and a number of food-related standards including the standard for Baijiu were implemented.
Common Q&As about Chinese label of imported prepackaged food are as follows.
The common error-prone problems of snack classification in the actual import business are analyzed to reduce enterprises' unnecessary customs clearance costs caused by classification errors.
In health food, the issue of restoring the original product name of the renewal of registered product
What is the scope of allowed import of food additives?
"Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2022)" were released.
On April 18, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology publicly solicited opinions on the Amended Document No. 1 (the 2nd Draft for Comments) of the Requirements of Restricting Excessive Package—Foods and Cosmetics. The dea
On April 15, 2022, China National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) solicited public opinions on 3 new varieties of food additives, including a new variety of enzyme preparation for food industry—lactase, a new variety of nutr
Last week, we sorted out some contents of the Catalogue of Novel Food Ingredients and Applicable National Food Safety Standards. The rest of the related contents are as follows.
What items are included in the R&D capability documents of new applicants for infant and young children formula milk powder?
On March 28, 2022, the CFSA publicly solicited opinions on the Catalogue of "Three Novel Foods" and Applicable National Food Safety Standards. The deadline for comments is April 25, 2022.
How to mark the commodity name (in English) of imported infant and young children formula?
On March 21, 2022, the SAMR issued the Announcement of the State Administration for Market Regulation on Strengthening thhe Management of Health Food Sign (Draft for Comments) to solicit public comments.
On March 14, 2022, China National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) publicly solicited opinions on the novel food Ingredient arabinoxylan. The deadline for comments is April 14, 2022.
On March 6, the General Administration of Customs (GACC) issued the Announcement on Inspection and Quarantine Requirements for Imported Mongolia Dairy Products (GACC Announcement No. 23 of 2022), allowing the import of Mongolia dairy product
On March 8, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology publicly solicited opinions on the Amended Document No. 1 (Draft for Comments) of the Requirements for Limiting Excessive Packaging of Commodities for Food and Cosmetics (
How to submit application documents for infant and young children formula with active strains added?
On March 1, 2022, the National Health Commission issued the Announcement on 32 “Three Novel Foods” including Kanzan Flower and its interpretation, which passed 2 novel food ingredients including pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium (PQQ) sa
What are the requirements for the graphics on the label sample of infant and young children formula milk powder?
On February 21, 2022, eight departments including the Ministry of Finance announced that starting from March 1, 2022, the List of Cross-border E-commerce (CBEC) Retail Import Commodities will be optimized and adjusted, in which 29 commoditie
What are the requirements for the number of health functions that a health food can be applied?
On January 29, 2022, China National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) solicited public opinions on 5 new varieties of food additives, including 3 new varieties of enzyme preparations for food industry such as β-glucanase, a new
According to the Mutual Certification Arrangement of Organic Products between the CNCA and the MPI (hereinafter referred to as the Mutual Certification Arrangement), on the premise that the requirements of the Mutual Certification Arrangemen
The development of novel food ingredients is one of the important ways to innovate in the food industry, so the compliant use of novel food ingredients is also a problem that many food enterprises need to face when developing and innovating.
Health food belongs to special food, which requires registration or filing before coming into the market. In recent years, with the improvement of people's lives and the enhancement of health awareness, categories of health food are becoming
On December 23, 2021, the GACC issued the Announcement on Clarifying the Related Requirements for Inspection and Quarantine of Imported Dairy Products, which stipulates that "for dairy products that are not imported for the first time, a cop
What are the requirements for the sequence of functional evaluation tests of health food?
In order to further strengthen the quality and safety supervision of solid beverages, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, and protect the health of the public, in accordance with the Food Safety Law of the People's Re
The Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Registration and Administration of Overseas Manufacturers of Imported Food (Order No. 248 of the GACC) and the Measures of the People's Republic of China for the Administration of Impo
On December 20, the SAMR issued the notice on soliciting public opinions on the three Catalogues about health food, and the deadline for comments is January 19, 2022.