China will develop a new food contact regulation system that will focus on risk control of raw materials, processing, storage, transportation and final products. The new food contact material regulatory framework is built on the legal basis of the “Food Safety Law” and 4 categories of national...

Health food and foods for special medical purpose (FSMP) are both regulated as special food in China in accordance with the new Food Safety Law. As two important food categories of special food, their major differences are compared in the aspects of targeted consumption groups, raw materials,...

The 2009 version of China’s Food Safety Law introduced the concept of National Food Safety Standard (NFSS) for the first time, aiming at building a unified and comprehensive standard system to regulate foods in China. This type of standard is compulsory and implemented at the national level. The...

As early as 2014, the growth in cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) in China attracted great attention from all sectors of the society as well as a lot of overseas enterprises who are targeting the Chinese market with the support of favorable policies made by the Chinese government.

According to the Food Safety Law, overseas food manufacturers whose products are exported to China should be registered with the national entry-exit inspection and quarantine department, namely AQSIQ.

Japan has implemented a new system of Foods with Function Claims (FFC) from Apr. 1, 2015, which was introduced to ensure products are clearly labeled with certain nutritional or health functions and to enable consumers to make more informed choices.