14 August 2014, The National Health and Family Planning Commission of People’s Republic of China (NHFPC) has published a Notice (NHFPC Notice number 17 of 2014) to approve 2 new food additives and enlarge the application scope of 2 existing food additives.
The 2 new food additives are:
| No. | Name | Function | Category number |
Food name
/category |
Maximum level g/kg | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tetrapotassium pyrophosphate | Water retention agent, bulking agent, Acidity regulator, Stabilizer, coagulator, anti-caking agent | 08.02 |
Pre-processed meat product |
5.0 |
May be used alone or mixed with other additives; measured as per PO4³‾ |
| 08.03 |
Cooked meat product |
5.0 | ||||
| 09.02.03 |
Frozen minced and creamed fish products, including fish balls |
5.0 | ||||
| 09.03 |
Semi-processed meat product |
1.0 | ||||
| 09.05 |
Canned fishery product |
1.0 | ||||
| 2 |
Rosemary Extract (supercritical CO2 extraction ) |
Antioxidant | 02.01.01 |
Vegetable oils and fats |
0.7 | / |
| 02.01.02 |
Animal fats (lard, tallow, fish oil and other animal fats, etc.) |
0.3 | ||||
| 04.05.02.01 |
Cooked nuts and seeds (limited to fired nuts and seeds only) |
0.3 | ||||
| 06.03.02.05 | Fried four products | 0.3 | ||||
| 08.02 |
Pre-processed meat product |
0.3 | ||||
| 08.03.01 |
Thick gravy cooked meat |
0.3 | ||||
| 08.03.02 |
Smoked, baked or grilled meat product |
0.3 | ||||
| 08.03.03 | Fried meat product | 0.3 | ||||
| 08.03.04 | Western ham | 0.3 | ||||
| 08.03.05 | Sausages | 0.3 | ||||
| 08.03.06 |
Fermented meat product |
0.3 | ||||
| 12.10.02.01 |
Mayonnaise, salad dressing |
0.3 | ||||
| 12.10.03.01 |
Concentrated soup (canned or bottled) |
0.3 | ||||
| 16.06 | Puffed food | 0.3 |
The 2 existing food additives with extended uses are:
| No. | Name | Function | Category number | Food name/category | Maximum level (g/kg) | Note |
| 1 | Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate | Thickener | 01.05.01 | Cream | Appropriate | / |
| 2 | Sodium stearoyl lactylate | Stabilizer, Emulsifier | 03.01 | Ice cream | 2.0 | / |
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More info can be foundhere.
Reference
http://www.nhfpc.gov.cn/sps/s7890/201409/afbc5c20e4e94e4fa3c2e577b1d42df7.shtml
Contact
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