43 National Standards Under Consultation Including GMP of FSMP

On July 22, China National Health Commission (NHC) publicized 43 national food safety standards and 4 revision notes to seek public feedback. Any comments shall be submitted online (National Food Safety Standard Management System: http://bz.cfsa.net.cn/cfsa_aiguo ) prior to September 22, 2019.^[1] Details are:

43 National Standards Under Consultation

6 Good Manufacturing & Business Practices		Current Version?
1	National Food Safety Standard – Hygienic Standard for Catering and Meal Delivery Company	New
2	National Food Safety Standard – Good Manufacturing Practice of Food for Special Medical Purposes	GB 29923-2013
3	National Food Safety Standard – Hygienic Standard for Livestock and Poultry By-products Processing	New
4	National Food Safety Standard – Hygienic Standard for Compound Flavoring Manufacturing	New
5	National Food Safety Standard – Hygienic Standard for Starch Product Manufacturing	New
6	National Food Safety Standard – Hygienic Standard for Food Cold Chain	New
37 National Standards of Food Additives		Current Version?
7	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – sodium carbonate	GB 1886.1-2015
8	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – ammonium aluminum sulfate	GB 25592-2010
9	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – titanium dioxide	GB 25577-2010
10	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – tripotassium phosphate	GB 25563-2010
11	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – sodium pyrophosphate	GB 25557-2010
12	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – trisodium phosphate	GB 25560-2010
13	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – potassium dihydrogen phosphate	GB 25564-2010
14	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive –sodium dihydrogen phosphate	GB 25564-2010
15	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive –sodium tripolyphosphate	GB 25566-2010
16	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive –‎calcium hydrogen phosphate	GB 1886.3-2016
17	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – dipotassium hydrogen phosphate	GB 25561-2010
18	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive –calcium dihydrogen phosphate	GB 25559-2010
19	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive –tricalcium phosphate	GB 25558-2010
20	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – ammonium monohydric phosphate	GB 30613-2014
21	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive –‎ammonium dihydrogen phosphate	GB 25569-2010
22	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – disodium hydrogen phosphate	GB 25568-2010
23	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – sodium acid pyrophosphate etc.	GB 25567-2010
24	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – potassium pyrophosphate	GB 25562-2010
25	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – β-cyclodextrin	GB 1886.180-2016
26	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – hippophac rhamnoides yellow	New
27	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – peanut skin red	New
28	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – calcium acid pyrophosphate	New
29	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – 4-amino-5,6-dimethyl thieno(2,3-d) pyrimidin-2(1H)-one hydrochloride	New
30	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive –3-[(4-amino-2,2-dioxido-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-5-yl)oxy]-2,2-dimethyl-N-propylpropanamide	New
31	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – copper chlorophyllide	New
32	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – potassium polymetaphosphate	New
33	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – trisodium monohydrogen diphosphate	New
34	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – nitrous oxide	New
35	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – glutaraldehyde	New
36	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – thaumatin	New
37	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – γ-Cyclodextrin	New
38	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – α-Cyclodextrin	New
39	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – sodium gluconate	New
40	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – L-Threonine	New
41	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – DL-Alanine	New
42	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive –mulberry red	New
43	National Food Safety Standard Food Additive – orange yellow	New

Some are newly drafted national standards; the rest are revision to currently effective versions. Major changes to food additives’ standards are test methods of contaminants. Notably, GMP of food for special medical purposes (consultation draft) made several changes to GB 29923-2013, including definition of FSMP, application scope of Cronobacterspp. criteria, product contamination risk control, definition of food contact water, statement about salmonella and sakazaki bacillus.^[2]

All the above draft texts are accessible on National Food Safety Standard Management System.

4 Revision Notes to 4 Food Additive Standards

Food additive	Involved standard	Revised items	Hyperlink
Beewax	GB 1886.87-2015	Physiochemical index, result calculation, analysis steps	Download
Microcrystalline cellulose	GB 1886.103-2015	Result calculation	Download
Carrageenan	GB 1886.169-2016	Application scope of the standard, microorganism index	Download
Aspartame	GB1886.47-2016	Formic acid, result calculation, etc.	Download

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