In recent years, with the deepening of research on infants and young children nutrient demand and feeding, in order to better meet the nutritional and health needs of infants and young children in China, the National Health Commission organized further revision and improvement of the current series of standards for complementary foods for infants and young children.

Firstly, in order to enrich the categories of infant and young children food in the market, the ready-to-eat cereal-based complementary food for infants and young children was increased, and the shape and size requirements for granular and tablet (block)-shaped canned complementary foods for infants and young children were refined; Secondly, in order to fully guarantee the safety of infant and young children nutrition, the maximum nutrient content of cereal-based complementary foods for infants and young children was increased; Thirdly, adjusted or increased the basic nutritional components and some indicators of optional components of cereal-based complementary foods for infant and young children, to ensure the nutritional and health needs of infants and young children; Fourthly, to prevent the risk of botulinum poisoning, increased the requirement that honey should not be used; Fifthly, for the sake of infants and young children nutrition and health, the energy supply ratio of added sugar in cereal-based complementary foods for infants and young children was reduced; Sixthly, the limits of contaminants, mycotoxins and pathogenic bacteria were required to refer to the relevant basic standards.

In the newly revised standards, deleted the relevant contents covered in the general standards of national food safety standards, such as the limits of contaminants, mycotoxins and pathogenic bacteria. The relevant technical requirements should comply with the provisions of the corresponding national food safety standards—Maximum Levels of Contaminants in Foods (GB 2762), Maximum Levels of Mycotoxins in Foods (GB 2761) and Maximum Levels of Pathogenic Bacteria in Foods (GB 29921).

Source: CFSA

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