In 2020, the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHC) issued three announcements (No. 4, 2020; No. 6, 2020; No.8 of 2020) by the form of “Three New Food” with a total of 78 products approved including new food raw materials (novel food), new food additives, and food-related products (new food contact substances). Among them, there were 30 new food additives (including expanded use) approved.
Besides, from websites of NHC and China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA), in 2020, a total of 73 new food additives applications were accepted, and 27 new food additives (including expanded use) passed the technical evaluation and were issued for public comments.
CIRS Group will take you to the detailed information about the acceptance and approval of new food additives in China in 2020 as following.
1. List of new food additives application acceptance in 2020 (73 types)
In 2020, a total of 73 new food additives (including expanded use) applications were accepted by NHC. The acceptance numbers are all shown as "衛食添新申字", and no distinction between domestic and imported products.
Some new products, especially those that applied in the first half of the year have passed the technical review by CFSA and were issued for public comments. Besides, a few new products were officially approved in 2020.
No | Acceptance Date | Acceptance Code | Name of New Food Additives |
1 | 2020-01-02 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0001號 | Fructo oligosaccharide |
2 | 2020-01-09 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0002號 | Potassium sorbate |
3 | 2020-01-13 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0003號 | 6S-5-methyltetrahydrofolate calcium |
4 | 2020-01-13 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0004號 | Maltitol |
5 | 2020-01-20 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0005號 | Sodium alginate |
6 | 2020-03-12 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0006號 | β-amylase |
7 | 2020-03-16 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0007號 | Xylanase |
8 | 2020-03-24 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0008號 | Tamarind polysaccharide gum |
9 | 2020-03-24 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0009號 | Tamarind polysaccharide gum |
10 | 2020-03-26 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0010號 | Monascus red |
11 | 2020-04-03 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0011號 | Pectinesterase |
12 | 2020-04-09 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0012號 | Citric Acid |
13 | 2020-04-16 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0013號 | Dimethyl dicarbonate |
14 | 2020-04-16 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0014號 | Polygalacturonase |
15 | 2020-04-28 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0015號 | Dimethyl dicarbonate |
16 | 2020-04-29 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0016號 | Gum ghatti |
17 | 2020-04-30 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0017號 | α-Amylase |
18 | 2020-04-30 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0018號 | Silicon dioxide |
19 | 2020-04-30 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0019號 | Protease |
20 | 2020-04-30 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0020號 | Deaminase |
21 | 2020-05-07 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0021號 | Ethyl cellulose ethoce |
22 | 2020-05-07 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0022號 | Potassium sorbate |
23 | 2020-05-08 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0023號 | Protease |
24 | 2020-05-09 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0024號 | Polyaspartate potassium |
25 | 2020-05-26 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0025號 | Xylanase |
26 | 2020-05-26 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0026號 | Lactase |
27 | 2020-05-26 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0027號 | β-glycosyltransferase |
28 | 2020-05-28 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0028號 | Nisin |
29 | 2020-06-03 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0029號 | Nisin |
30 | 2020-06-11 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0030號 | Sucralose |
31 | 2020-06-16 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0031號 | Thaumatin |
32 | 2020-06-16 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0032號 | Phosphoric acid(wet-process) |
33 | 2020-06-16 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0033號 | Phosphoric acid(wet-process) |
34 | 2020-06-16 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0034號 | δ-Stearolactone |
35 | 2020-06-19 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0035號 | γ-Stearolactone |
36 | 2020-06-22 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0036號 | Tamarind polysaccharide gum |
37 | 2020-06-22 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0037號 | Tamarind polysaccharide gum |
38 | 2020-06-22 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0038號 | Tamarind polysaccharide gum |
39 | 2020-07-17 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0039號 | Polyacrylamide |
40 | 2020-07-21 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0040號 | Kappa-Selenocarrageenan |
41 | 2020-07-21 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0041號 | Phospholipase C |
42 | 2020-07-21 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0042號 | Phosphoinositide phospholipase C |
43 | 2020-08-04 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0043號 | 4-α-glucanotransferase |
44 | 2020-08-05 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0044號 | Tomato red |
45 | 2020-08-06 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0045號 | Butane |
46 | 2020-08-17 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0046號 | Curdlan |
47 | 2020-08-20 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0047號 | Phytases |
48 | 2020-08-20 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0048號 | Phosphatidylinositol specific phospholipase CC |
49 | 2020-08-26 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0049號 | Nucleotide |
50 | 2020-08-27 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0050號 | Lipase |
51 | 2020-08-31 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0051號 | 6S-5-methyltetrahydrofolate calcium |
52 | 2020-08-31 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0052號 | Dibasic sodium phosphate |
53 | 2020-09-03 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0053號 | Silicon dioxide |
54 | 2020-09-03 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0054號 | Protease |
55 | 2020-09-03 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0055號 | Alpha amylase |
56 | 2020-09-03 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0056號 | α-Amylase |
57 | 2020-09-11 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0057號 | Magnesium chloride |
58 | 2020-10-22 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0058號 | Sucrose fatty acid esters |
59 | 2020-10-22 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0059號 | Sucrose fatty acid esters |
60 | 2020-10-23 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0060號 | Curdlan |
61 | 2020-10-22 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0061號 | Nitrous oxide |
62 | 2020-10-26 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0062號 | Monascus red |
63 | 2020-10-26 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0063號 | Monascus yellow |
64 | 2020-11-02 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0064號 | Xylanase |
65 | 2020-11-02 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0065號 | Maltogenic amylase |
66 | 2020-11-02 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0066號 | Sucrose fatty acid esters |
67 | 2020-11-10 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0067號 | ε-poly-L-lysine·HCL |
68 | 2020-11-10 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0068號 | Glucos oxidase |
69 | 2020-11-16 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0069號 | Cellulose |
70 | 2020-11-24 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0070號 | White oil (liquid paraffin) |
71 | 2020-11-24 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0071號 | Calcium propionate |
72 | 2020-12-01 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0072號 | Inositol |
73 | 2020-12-14 | 衛食添新申字(2020)第0073號 | Caramel color class I – plain |
2. List of new food additives which passed the technical review and were issued for public comments in 2020 (27 types)
In 2020, 27 of new food additives passed the technical review of CFSA and were issued for public comments. These include 1 new food nutrition enhancer, 1 new food processing aid, 7 new enzymes, and 18 existing food additives with expended use (including 2 nutrition enhancers and 4 processing aids). All the products that were issued for public comments on 20th February have been approved on 14th August.
1) List of new food nutrition enhancers (1 type)
No | Name | Category number | Food Name/ category | Maximum level | Approval Status (As of the end of 2020) |
1 | Vitamin K2 (Synthesis method) | 01.03.02 | Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for children) | 420μg/kg~750μg/kg | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020 |
Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for pregnant and puerpera) | 340μg/kg~680μg/kg |
2) List of new processing aids (1 type)
No | Name | Function | Food Name/ category | Approval Status (As of the end of 2020) |
1 | Nitrous oxide | Propellant, Foaming agent | 01.05 Processing of cream (light cream) and similar products; 02.02 Processing of water-oily fat emulsified products (vegetable milk only); Processing of fat emulsified products other than 02.02, including mixed or flavored fat emulsified products (vegetable cream only) | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020 |
3) List of new food enzymes (7 types)
No | Name | Source | Donor | Approval Status (As of the end of 2020) |
1 | Protein glutaminase | Chryseobacterium proteolyticum | - | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020; 14th August,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020. |
2 | β-amylase | Bacillus licheniformis | Bacillus flexus | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 13th July, 2020. |
3 | α-Amylase | Bacillus licheniformis | Cytophaga sp. | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020 |
4 | Lactase | Bacillus subtilis | Bifidobacterium bifidum | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020 |
5 | Protease | Bacillus subtilis | Thermus Aquaticus | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 12th November, 2020 |
6 | Protease | Bacillus subtilis | Bacillus amyloliquefaciens | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 25th December, 2020 |
7 | Phosphoinositide phospholipase C | Pseudomonas fluorescens | Microorganisms encoding Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C gene isolated from soil | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 25th December, 2020 |
Note: The quality specification requirements of enzymes should meet the requirements of the "National Food Safety Standard, Food Additives and Enzyme" (GB 1886.174).
4) List of food additives with expended use (18 types)
No | Name | Function | Category number | Food name/category | Maximum level (g/kg) | Approval Status (As of the end of 2020) |
1 | dl-tartaric acid | Acidity regulator | 04.02.02.03 | Pickled vegetables | 3.0(measured as tartaric acid) | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020; 14th August,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020 |
06.05.02.01 | Noodles and vermicelli made from starch | 2.0(measured as tartaric acid) | ||||
2 | Manganese sulfate | Processing aid (Nutrients for fermentation) | - | Fermentation technology | - | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020; 14th August,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020 |
3 | 6S-5-methyltetrahydrofolate calcium | Nutrition enhancer | 01.01.03 | Modified milk (limited to milk for pregnant and puerpera) | Usage amount should comply with GB 14880 | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020; 14th August,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020 |
01.03.02 | Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for children) | |||||
Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for pregnant and puerpera) | ||||||
06.06 | Instant cereals, including rolled oats | |||||
14.02.03 | Fruit and vegetable juice (nectar) drink (including fermented product) | |||||
13.03 | Foods for Special Medical Purpose (except 13.01) | Can be used as the source of folic acid, the usage should comply with the relevant requirement of folic acid in GB 29922 | ||||
4 | Sodium alginate | Stabilizer, coagulator | 13.05 | Other food for special dietary use (only for foods for special medical purpose of 1-10 years old) | 1.0 (Products suitable for people aged 1-3) | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020 |
Appropriate level as required in production (Products suitable for people aged 4-10) | ||||||
5 | Monascus red | Colorant | 04.04.01.05 | New bean curd product (puffed soy protein food, soybean meat, etc.) | Appropriate level as required in production | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020 |
6 | Citric Acid | Acidity regulator | 04.02.01.03 | Peeled, cut or shredded fresh vegetables | Appropriate level as required in production | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020 |
7 | Sucralose | Sweetener | 08.03.05 | Meat enema | 0.35 | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020 |
8 | Sodium polyphosphate | Processing aid (Chelator) | - | Lactose processing technology (residual amount is 0.2 g/kg) | - | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020. |
9 | Gum ghatti | Emulsifier | 13.05 | Other food for special dietary use (only for foods for special medical purpose of for people over 10 years old) | 3.0 | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 13th July, 2020 |
10 | Silicon dioxide | Anti-caking agent | 04.04.01.05 | New bean curd product (puffed soy protein food, soybean meat, etc.) | 15.0 | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020; |
11 | Sodium alginate | Stabilizer | 13.05 | Other food for special dietary use (Only for formula products containing amino acid metabolism disorders or special medical purposes from 13 months to 10 years old) | 1.0 (Products suitable for people aged 13-36 months) | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020; |
Appropriate level as required in production (Products suitable for people aged 37 month-10 years) | ||||||
12 | Curdlan | Thickener | 06.05.02.04 | Starch-based snack | Appropriate level as required in production | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020; |
16.07 | Other (for canned waxberry processing) | |||||
13 | Tamarind polysaccharide gum | Thickener | 04.01.02.05 | Jam | 5 | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020; |
04.01.02.08.05 | Fruitcake | 20 | ||||
14.02.03 | Fruit/vegetable juice (puree) beverage | 3 (Count as the state of ready to drink, for solid beverage, the level of use should be increased by times of dilution) | ||||
14 | 6S-5-methyltetrahydrofolate calcium | Nutrition enhancer | 13.05 | Other special dietary foods except 13.01~13.04 (only for nutritional supplements for pregnant, lactating women and sports nutrition foods) | The usage should comply with the relevant requirements in GB 31601-2015 and GB24154-2015 | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020; |
15 | Tomato red | Colorant | 05.02.02 | Other candy except for Gum-based candy | 0.25 | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 12th November, 2020; |
12.10.02 | Semi-solid blended condiment | 0.125 | ||||
16 | Curdlan | Thickener | 04.01.02.05 | Jam | Appropriate level as required in production | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 12th November, 2020; |
04.04.01.05 | New bean curd product (soy protein and its’ puffed food, soybean meat, etc.) | |||||
17 | Butane | Processing aid (Propellant) | - | Processing technology of spray release oil for bakery food | - | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 12th November, 2020; |
18 | Phosphoric acid | Processing aid (Nutrients for refining, degumming and fermentation) | - | Oil processing technology, fermentation technology | - | Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 12th November, 2020; |
3. List of approved new food additives in 2020 (30 types)
In 2020, 30 types of new food additives were approved by NHC, which include 1 new food additive, 14 new food enzymes for food industry, 2 existing food nutrition enhancers with expended use, 10 existing food additives with expended use, and 3 existing processing aids with expended use.
Due to the large number of applications for food additives for the same product and the lack of clear information on the scope of use, the information on some approved products is missing. CIRS summarized relevant information below:
1) List of approved new food additive (1 type)
No | Name | Function | Category number | Food Name/ category | Maximum level (g/kg) | Acceptance information, public comment and approval announcements (As of the end of 2020) |
1 | Sanzan Gum | Thickener, stabilizer and coagulator | 08.03.05 | Meat enema | 5.0 | Accepted on 6th April, 2016, 2016.04.06, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2016)第0019號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 11th December, 2018; 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
14.02.03 | Fruit and vegetable juice (nectar) drink (including fermented product) | 1.4 (increase the use in solid drinks depending on dilution ratio) | ||||
14.03.02 | Plant protein containing drink | 1.3(increase the use in solid drinks depending on dilution ratio) |
2) List of approved new food enzymes (14 types)
No | Name | Source | Donor | Acceptance information, public comment and approval announcements (As of the end of 2020) |
1 | Arabinfuranosidease | Trichoderma reesei | Talaromyces pinophilus | Accepted on 12th March, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0018號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 24th June, 2019; 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
2 | Polygalacturonase | Aspergillus niger | Aspergillus niger | Accepted on 1st April, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0026號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
3 | Pectinlyase | Trichoderma reesei | Aspergillus niger | Accepted on 19th September, 2018, Acceptance number衛食添新申字(2018)第0031號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 24th June, 2019; 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
4 | Maltotetraohydrolase | Bacillus licheniformis | Pseudomonas stutzeri | Accepted on 3rd August, 2018, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2018)第0025號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019; 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
5 | Xylanase | Trichoderma reesei | Talaromyces leycettanus | Accepted on 12th March, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0019號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 24th June, 2019; 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
6 | α- Glucosidase | Trichoderma reesei | Aspergillus niger | Accepted on 3rd August, 2018, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2018)第0022號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
7 | Lactase | Bacillus licheniformis | Bifidobacterium bifidum | Accepted on 12th March, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0017號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 24th June, 2019; 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
8 | Carboxypeptidases | Aspergillus niger | Aspergillus niger | Accepted on 1st April, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0027號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
9 | Lipase | Aspergillus niger | Fusarium culmorum | Accepted on 12th March, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0014號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
10 | α- Amylase | Trichoderma reesei | Aspergillus kawachii | Accepted on 12th March, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0016號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
11 | Protease | Trichoderma reesei | Trichoderma reesei | Accepted on 3rd August, 2018, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2018)第0023號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
12 | Glucose isomerase | Streptomyces rubiginosus | Streptomyces rubiginosus | Accepted on 12th March, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0015號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
13 | Lipase | Hansenula polymorpha | Fusarium hetreosporum | Accepted on 1st April, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0025號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020 |
14 | Protein glutaminase | Chryseobacterium proteolyticum | - | Accepted on 16th September, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0047號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020 14th August, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020 |
Note: The requirements on quality specification of enzymes should meet the requirements of the "National Food Safety Standard, Food Additives and Enzyme" (GB 1886.174).
3) List of approved food nutrition enhancers with expanded scope (2 types)
No | Name | Category number | Food Name/ category | Maximum level (g/kg) | Acceptance information, public comment and approval announcements (As of the end of 2020) |
1 | Kappa-Selenocarrageenan | 01.03.02 | Modified milk powders (except milk powder for children) | 140μg/kg ~280μg/kg | Accepted on 8th July, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0038號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
Modified milk powders (limited to milk powder for children) | 60μg/kg ~130μg/kg | ||||
06.02 | Rice and its product | 140μg/kg ~280μg/kg | |||
06.03 | Wheat flour and its product | 140μg/kg ~280μg/kg | |||
06.04 | Coarse grain flour and its product | 140μg/kg ~280μg/kg | |||
07.01 | Bread | 140μg/kg ~280μg/kg | |||
07.03 | Biscuit | 30μg/kg ~110μg/kg | |||
2 | 6S-5-methyltetrahydrofolate calcium | 01.01.03 | Modified milk (limited to milk for pregnant and puerpera) | Usage amount should comply with GB 14880 | Accepted on 3rd January, 2020, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2020)第0003號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020 14th August, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020 |
01.03.02 | Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for children) | ||||
Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for pregnant and puerpera) | |||||
06.06 | Instant cereals, including rolled oats | ||||
14.02.03 | Fruit and vegetable juice (nectar) drink (including fermented product) | ||||
13.03 | Foods for Special Medical Purpose (except 13.01) | Can be used as the source of folic acid, the usage should comply with the relevant requirement of folic acid in GB 29922 |
4) List of approved food additives with expanded scope (10 types)
No | Name | Function | Category number | Food Name/ category | Maximum level (g/kg) | Acceptance information, public comment and approval announcements (As of the end of 2020) |
1 | Calcium sulfate | Stabilizer, coagulator | 06.05.02 | Starch products | 10.0 | Accepted on 26th February, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0011號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019; 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
07.04 | Fillings for baked food and food | 10.0 | ||||
08.02.01 | Conditioning meat products (raw meat with conditioning materials) | 5.0 | ||||
08.03.09 | Other cooled meat products | 5.0 | ||||
09.02.03 | Frozen minced fish products (including fish balls, etc.) | 3.0 | ||||
12.10.02.04 | Other semi-solid blended condiments | 10.0 | ||||
16.01 | Jelly | 10.0 | ||||
2 | Rosemary extract | Antioxidant | 14.03.02 | Plant protein drink | 0.15 (Count as the state of ready to drink, for solid beverage, the level of use should be increased by times of dilution) | Accepted on 2nd April, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0028號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019; 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
3 | Steviol glycosides | Sweetener | 04.02.02.03 | Pickled vegetables | 0.23 (Count as steviol) | Accepted on 2nd April, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0029號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
04.02.02.06 | Fermented vegetables | 0.20 (Count as steviol) | ||||
04.04.01.05 | New bean curd product (puffed soy protein food, soybean meat, etc.) | 0.09 (Count as steviol) | ||||
05.01 | Cocoa products, chocolate, and chocolate products, including imitations and chocolate substitutes | 0.83 (Count as steviol) | ||||
07.03 | Biscuit | 0.43 (Count as steviol) | ||||
4 | Acesulfame Potassium | Sweetener | 04.04.01.02 | Dried bean curd products | 0.2 | A total of three acceptances, accepted on 23nd January,2019; 31st July 2019, acceptance numbers are respectively:衛食添新申字(2019)第0006號, 衛食添新申字(2019)第0007號, 衛食添新申字(2019)第0040號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 24th June, 2019 and 15th October, 2019; 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. (Note: the approval announcement of this substance is a collection of three applications) |
06.06 | Instant cereals, including rolled oats | 0.8 | ||||
07.02 | Pastries | 0.5 | ||||
14.05.01 | Tea beverages | 0.58 (Count as the state of ready to drink, for solid beverage, the level of use should be increased by times of dilution) | ||||
15.02 | Integrated alcoholic beverage | 0.35 | ||||
5 | Vegetable carbon black | Colorant | 12.10 | Blended condiment | 5.0 | Accepted on 17th September, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0048號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019; 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
16.06 | Puffed food | |||||
6 | DL-Tartaricacid | Acidity regulator | 04.02.02.03 | Pickled vegetables | 3.0 (Measured as tartaric acid) | Accepted on 6th November, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0051號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020; 14th August, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020. |
06.05.02.01 | Noodles and vermicelli made from starch | 2.0 (Measured as tartaric acid) | ||||
7 | Sucrose fatty acid esters | Emulsifier | 01.02.02 | Flavored fermented milk | 1.5 | Accepted on 16th July, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0039號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th, December, 2019; 14th August, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020. |
8 | Monascus red | Colorant | 04.04.01.05 | New bean curd product (puffed soy protein food, soybean meat, etc.) | Appropriate level as required in production | Accepted on 15th May, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0032號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020. |
9 | Citric acid | Acidity regulator | 04.02.01.03 | Peeled, cut or shredded fresh vegetables | Accepted on 3nd April, 2020, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2020)第0012號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020. | |
10 | Sucralose | Sweeteners | 08.03.05 | Meat enema | 0.35 | Accepted on 26th December, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0055號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020. |
5) List of approved processing aids with expanded scope (3 types)
No | Name | Function | Usage scope | Acceptance information, public comment and approval announcements (As of the end of 2020) |
1 | Phosphoric acid | Processing aid (Autolysis promoter) | Technology for yeast processed products | Accepted on 22nd May, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0034號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019; 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. |
2 | Manganese sulfate | Processing aid (Nutrients for fermentation) | Fermentation technology | Accepted on 27th December, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0056號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020; 14th August, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020. |
3 | Sodium polyphosphate | Processing aid (Chelator) | Lactose processing technology (residual amount is 0.2 g/kg) | Accepted on 22nd August, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0043號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020. |
Summary:
There are three main stages of applying for a new food additives: Firstly, NHC accepts the application. Secondly, CFSA runs a technical review and issue public comments. Finally, if everything goes well, NHC will approve the application. Generally, it will take approximately 1 year to apply for a new food additive. While if the application is about expending usage scope, the timeline may be shorter.
In order to implement the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, and ensure the smooth implementation of administrative licensing work, the way of online video evaluation and defense is adopted for the first time for CFSA and enterprises on new food related products. On the whole, the acceptance and administrative approval of new food additives were not greatly affected by the epidemic. Compared with 2019, the number of accepted products in 2020 increased by 17 and the number of products issued the public comments decreased by 7 types. The official announcement of approved products is basically the same with 2019 (28 types in 2019, 30 types in 2020).
Meanwhile, based on the analysis on the application approval of new food additives in 2020, it can be seen that the declaration of new food additives has similar characteristics of that in 2019, which is that, the new varieties are mainly enzymes, and the number of products with expanded scope are still large. This also reflects the rapid growth on enzymes, nutrition enhancers and other products with the rapid development of bioengineering technology and technological innovation industry.
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