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1. Pilot production and operation of 9 kinds of medicine and food, including Codonopsis and Astragalus.
On January 6, 2020, the National Health Commission also issued the “Notice on the pilot work on the management of nine substances including Codonopsis ginseng which are both food and traditional Chinese medicinal materials.” According to the provisions of the Food Safety Law, Evaluate and solicit opinions from the public. 9 substances including Codonopsis, Cistanche, Dendrobium officinale, American ginseng, Astragalus, Ganoderma lucidum, Cornus, Gastrodia elata, Eucommia ulmoides, etc., will be developed according to the tradition of being both food and Chinese medicinal materials (hereinafter referred to as food and drug substances) Pilot production and operation work. The National Health Commission will work with the State Administration of Market Supervision to study the timely inclusion of relevant substances in the food and drug quality catalogue management based on the pilot situation.
2. "Shanghai Health Food Manufacturing Enterprise Health Food Raw Material Extract Management Guidelines"
On March 27, the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Administration formulated and promulgated the "Guidelines for the Management of Health Food Raw Material Extracts for Health Food Manufacturers in Shanghai." This guide further regulates the extraction of raw materials and the management of raw material extracts of health foods in the production of health foods to ensure the safety and effectiveness of health foods. Applicable objects are health food production in this city that are engaged in the production of health food raw material extracts by the company, or provide other companies with animal and plant extracts as their health food production raw materials, or purchase health food raw material extracts from other companies for the production of health foods enterprise.
3. "Guide to Nutrition for Complementary Food for Infants and Young Children"
On May 6, 2020, the Department of Regulations of the National Health and Medical Commission issued two recommended health industry standards, including the "Crowd Vitamin D Deficiency Screening Method" and the "Infant Complementary Food Supplementary Nutrition Guide", which will be implemented on November 1, 2020 . The standard stipulates the basic principles of supplementary food supplementation for healthy full-term infants and young children between 6 months and 24 months of age, as well as supplementary food supplementation guidance and supplementary food production requirements for different age groups.
4. Publish the group standard of "General Requirements for Children's Snacks"
On May 17, the China Non-staple Food Circulation Association officially issued the "General Requirements for Children's Snacks" group standards, and at the same time released the "Children's Snacks Market Survey White Paper" (hereinafter referred to as the "White Paper"). Among them, the "General Requirements for Children's Snacks" group standard was drafted by the snack food brand Liangpin Shop, which was completed in February this year, and was the first standard specifically formulated for children's snacks in my country.
5. Approval of "three fungi and one herb" as new food materials
In June 2020, the National Health Commission announced the "Announcement on 53 "Three New Foods" including Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 (No. 4 of 2020), approving Lactobacillus helveticus R0052, Bifidobacterium infantis R0033 and Bifidobacterium bifidum Fidobacterium R0071 and Ganhuangcao are new food materials, and Sanzan gum is a new variety of food additives; food additives such as rosemary extract, steviol glycosides, and plant carbon black have expanded the scope of use. The list of new food ingredients is added again after a year.
Others-Draft for Solicitation of Comments
5 kinds of health food raw materials including coenzyme Q10 are included in the catalog and go further
On July 6, 2020, the official website of the State Administration for Market Supervision issued the "Feedback on the Public Solicitation of Opinions on the Catalogue of Coenzyme Q10 and 5 Health Food Ingredients". This is the first list of non-nutrient raw materials that is expected to be released. According to official feedback, 26 opinions and suggestions were adopted, and the specific content was not disclosed. On April 1, 2019, the General Administration of Markets published the "Public Solicitation on the Catalogue of Coenzyme Q10 and Other 5 Health Food Raw Materials", which addressed the five health foods of Coenzyme Q10, Melatonin, Fish Oil, Broken Ganoderma Spore Powder and Spirulina The content of the raw material catalog and technical requirements are publicly solicited for comments. After a year of soliciting opinions, these five health food ingredients are close to being included in the list of ingredients.
Group Standard "Plant-based Meat Products" (for comments)
The plant-based meat standards that enterprises have in mind will soon have. In June 2020, the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology publicly solicited opinions on the group standard of "Plant-based Meat Products (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)". Under the application of the group member unit of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology, the society organized experts to draft the group standard "Plant-based Meat Products (Draft for Comment)." The standard stipulates the terms and definitions of plant-based meat products, product classification, technical requirements, raw material requirements, inspection and determination rules, labels, signs, packaging, storage and transportation. Please check the source article for details.
"Administrative Measures for Import and Export Food Safety (Draft for Comment)
On June 12, 2020, the General Administration of Customs, in order to thoroughly implement the important requirements of General Secretary Jin Ping’s “Four Strict” food safety requirements, and to further improve the ability and level of import and export food safety governance, plans to optimize and improve the current import and export food management system. The "Measures for the Administration of Import and Export Food Safety (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)" was revised and formed, and the public is now soliciting opinions.
Milk mineral salt and horse milk-like lactobacillus declare new food raw materials (for comments)
In July 2020, the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center announced that milk mineral salt and Lactobacillus mare-like subspecies have been declared as new food raw materials. They have passed the technical review of the expert review committee and are now open for comments. Announcement No. 18 of 2009 of the former Ministry of Health of my country approved milk mineral salt as a new resource food. The quality requirements of the products in this application are different from those in the original announcement in terms of phosphorus, protein, lactose, and pH.
