Takehome:
- Ten new food additives are to be approved in China, including one food additive used as leavening agent and other nine food additives used as flavoring.
On Sep. 14, 2016, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) preannounced the approval of ten new food additives and the extension of application scope of one food additive, which will be open to public comments until Oct. 9, 2016.
Newly approved food additives:
|
No. |
Food additive name |
Function |
Applicable food category |
|
1 |
Ammonium carbonate |
Leavening agent |
Biscuits |
|
2 |
6- methyl heptanal |
Flavoring |
All varieties of foods (except for the food categories listed in Table B.1 in GB 2760-2014) |
|
3 |
N-(2-Isopropyl-5-Methyl cyclohexyl) Cyclopropyl formamide |
Flavoring |
|
|
4 |
4-hydroxy-4-methyl-5-hexanoic acid γ-lactone |
Flavoring |
|
|
5 |
Furfuryl 2- methyl-3- furyl disulfides |
Flavoring |
|
|
6 |
4- caproleic acid |
Flavoring |
|
|
7 |
2-(4-methyl-5-thiazolyl) ethanol propionic ester |
Flavoring |
|
|
8 |
4,5- octanedione |
Flavoring |
|
|
9 |
Ethyl 5-hydroxydecanoate |
Flavoring |
|
|
10 |
Dioctyl adipate |
Flavoring |
Food additive with extended application scope:
Gglucono-Delta-Lactone is approved to be used in single cream.
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