CFDA Announces List of Accredited Testing Agencies for Health Foods

The CFDA has announced the updated list of accredited testing agencies for Health Food efficacy testing. On the 5th of August the CFDA announced a further 22 governmentally sanctioned testing institutes that have been selected for testing and scientific substantiation of the 27 health claims permissible under Chinese regulations bringing the total number of accredited testing institutes to 32. In addition to approving the testing institutes listed below the selection of the The National Center for Food Safety Risk assessment was also made.The testing institutes have been selected based on their testing capabilities. China requires pre-market approval of health food by CFDA and only testing reports from CFDA-accredited agencies will be accepted for registration. 

The addittional 22 testing agencies will be responsible for evaluation and testing of both indigenous and imported health foods. Each registered testing agency will be accredited to carry out testing for a period of 5 years beginning on October 5^th 2013. The battery of tests available at each agency corresponds to its testing capabilities, so dependent on the specific claim being tested only certain institutes will suffice. It is therefore extremely important to verify the range of tests available at each institute. 

1. National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center,

2. Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine Comprehensive Testing Center,

3. General Logistics Department of the Ministry of Health Drug and Instrument,

4. Tianjin CDC

5. Liaoning Institute for Food and Drug Control

6. Liaoning disease Prevention and Control Center

7. Shanghai Institute for Food and Drug Control,

8. Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention,

9. Jiangsu Institute for Food and Drug Control

10. Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control,

11. Anhui Institute for Food and Drug Control

12. Fujian CDC,

13. Jiangxi Provincial Institute for Food and Drug Control,

14. Jiangxi Province CDC

15. Henan Provincial Institute of Food and Drug Control,

16. Hubei Institute for Food and Drug Control

17. Hubei CDC

18. Hunan Institute for Food and Drug Control

19. Hunan CDC

20. Hunan Hospital for Occupational Disease Prevention

21. Sichuan Institute for Food and Drug Control,

22. Sichuan CDC

23. National Institute for Food and Drug Control

24. Beijing Institute for Food and Drug Control

25. Beijing CDC

26. Tianjin Institute for Drug Control

27. Zhejiang Institute for Food and Drug Control

28. Zhejiang CDC

29. Guangdong Institute for Food and Drug Control

30. Guangzhou Drug Control

31. Shenzhen Institute for Drug Control

32. Nanjing Medical and Health Analysis Testing Center.

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