On Aug 5, SAMR Center for Food Evaluation publicized the filing information of 4 imported vitamin and mineral supplements.[1] Details are:
| Certificate No. | Product Name | Manufacturer | Product type | Origin |
| 食健备J201900000010 | Good Health Kids Calcium Chews | Good Health Products Limited | Calcium supplement | NZ |
| 食健备J201900000011 | Vitamin C Chewable Tablet-Orange | Jamieson Laboratories Ltd. | Vitamin C supplement | Canada |
| 食健备J201900000012 | B Complex Plus | Jamieson Laboratories Ltd. | Vitamin B supplement | Canada |
| 食健备J201900000013 | ANTI LEG CRAMPS | Naveh Pharma Ltd. | Vitamin B+E supplement | Israel |
Overview of Approved Vitamin and Mineral Supplements from 2017 to 2019
The dual track (filing & registration) system of health food in China kicked off in 2016, The competent authority approved filing applications of 5 products in 2017 and 40 in 2018. Up to now 55 products have received health food licenses (excluding 3 filing cancellations).
| What is health food in China? According to GB 16740-2014, health food in China refers to food products which claim to have specific health functions or supplement certain vitamins or minerals.[2] What is dual-track system of health food? According to Administrative Measures for Registration and Filing of Health Food (2016 version), health foods whose ingredients are not in the Health Food Ingredients List[3] or who are exported to China for the first time (exclude nutrient supplements) should register before market; health foods whose ingredients are in the List and nutrient supplements exported to China for the first time require filing.[4] |
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