As of September 14, 2020, China’s NHC department has terminated the technical reviews of 52 new food ingredients. As revealed by the NHC database, there are three types for termination:
ingredients considered substantially equivalent to approved new food ingredients;
ingredients considered as local foods instead of new food ingredients; and
ingredients considered as ordinary foods.
Further explanation of each type
Ingredients considered substantially equivalent to approved new food ingredients
To ingredients which processing technique is slightly different from that of approved new food ingredients, they are considered substantially equivalent to approved ones. Except for the differeces in processing techniques, they should follow the other requirements of approved new food ingredients.
Ingredients with slight differences in processing techniques compared to the approved ones | Reference notices of approved ones |
L-Arabinose | |
γ-Aminobutyric acid (2 types) | |
Medium- and long-chain triglyceride | |
Medium- and long-chain triacylglycerol oil | |
Ginseng adventitious root | |
Chitosan oligosaccharide | |
Ashitaba extract | |
Phosphatidylserine | |
Krill oil | |
DHA algae oil sourced from Schizochytrium | |
Fish oil (3 types) |
Ingredients considered as local foods
Case | Feedback of the review |
Sanchi Flower | Comply with Article 29 of the Food Safety Law—“In the absence of a national food safety standard for local foods, provincial health department could develop and publish local food safety standards, which shall be filed to the NHFPC for record. Once a national food safety standard is developed, the local standard would be eliminated.” |
Panax notoginseng stems and leaves | |
Fruit powder of Polygonum viviparum | |
Radix Millettiae Speciosae powder | |
Aquilaria Sinensis leaves | |
Anoectochilus roxburghii | |
Leaves of Dendrobium Officinale | |
Flower of Dendrobium Officinale |
Ingredients considered as ordinary foods
1. Simple in raw material and processing technique
Case | Feedback of the review |
Whey fermented products (stock solution) | They should be managed as ordinary food and should meet the corresponding sanitation requirements regulated in China’s standards. |
whey fermented products (powder) | |
Sacha inchi protein | |
Pangasiushypophthalmus oil | |
Milk Protein Concentrates | |
Bonito elastin peptide | |
Caramel syrup | |
Caramel powder | |
Oat seedling | |
Milk phospholipids | |
Radix Trichosanthis powder | |
Buckwheat seedling | |
Enzyme hydrolyzed bone meal | |
Undenatured type 2 collagen/UC2/UC-II | |
Potato extract |
2. With available national standards/regulations
Case | Feedback of the review |
Soybean oligosaccharide | |
Angelica sinensis | It is considered as both food and Chinese medicine as per NHC Notice No. 2019-8. |
Mulberry leaf extract | Since it is processed with a traditional technique, the competent authority considered it substantially equivalent to the requirements of mulberry leaf. |
Trehalose | It should be managed as ordinary food according to the official notice No. 2014-15. |
Desertliving Cistanche | Refer to NHC notice, Nine substances expected to be regarded as both food and Chinese medicine |
Dendrobium Officinale | Refer to NHC notice, Nine substances expected to be regarded as both food and Chinese medicine |
3. With a long history of eating habit
Case | Feedback of the review |
Clinacanthusnutans (Burm.f.) Lindau | Should meet the corresponding sanitation requirements regulated in China’s standards. |
Hevea brasiliensis seed oil | |
LyciumruthenicumMurr |
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