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China Approves 42 National Food Safety Standards (GB)

China formulated and approved 21 national food safety standards for food additives (including nutritional fortifiers).

As revealed by the NHC Notice No. 2020-7 [1] issued on Oct. 13, 2020, China announced the release of 42 national food safety standards (compulsory GB standards). The release includes the update of 8 standards, the formulation of 30 new standards, and the revision of 4 standards.

In terms of types, the 42 national standards can be divided into:

  • 32 standards for food additives

  • 5 determination methods (including one for food contact material)

  • 2 food microbiological examination methods

  • 2 for experiments

  • 1 for logistics.

Except for the four revised standards, which came into effect on Sept. 11, 2020, others will be effective on Mar. 11, 2021. The details are listed below.

2100903-食品合规BANNER.gif32 GB standards for food additives

  • Small revision of 4 standards (Effective date: Sept. 11, 2020)

Serial No.

GB standards

Revised items

1

GB 30612-2014 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Polydimethylsiloxane and Its Emulsions

Changed the test method of lead into “GB 5009.75” and the test method of arsenic into “GB 5009.76,” etc.

2

GB 1886.69-2016 National Food Safety Standard Food Additives Aspartyl Phenylalanine Methyl Ester Acesulfameic Acid

The calculation formula in Appendix A.7.4 was changed into:

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3

GB 1886.181-2016 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Monascorubrin

Changed “add 1 mL ammonia water and 1 mL acetic acid” into “add 1 mL ammonia water and 1 mL acetone” regulated in A.2.1.2

4

GB 1886.182-2016 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Isomaltulose

Changed the test method specified in Table 2 from “GB 5009.3 Direct drying method” into “GB 5009.3 Vacuum   drying method.”

  •  Update of 7 standards (Effective date: Mar. 11, 2021)

Serial No.

Current GB standards

Updated GB standards

1

GB 30616-2014 National Food Safety Standard Food Flavorings

GB 30616-2020 National Food Safety Standard Food Flavorings

2

GB 29938-2013 National Food Safety Standard General Rules for Flavorings

GB 29938-2020 National Food Safety Standard General Rules for Flavorings

3

GB 29201-2012 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Ammonia

GB 29201-2020 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Ammonia and Liquid Nitrogen

4

GB 25576-2010 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Silicon Dioxide

GB 25576-2020 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Silicon Dioxide

5

GB 22216-2008 Food additive Hydrogen Peroxide

GB 22216-2020 Food additive Hydrogen Peroxide

6

GB 7657-2005 Food additive Glucono   delta-lactone

GB 7657-2020 Food additive Glucono delta-lactone

7

GB 1886.4-2015 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Sodium Hexametaphosphate

GB 1886.4-2020 National Food Safety   Standard Food Additive Sodium Hexametaphosphate

  • Formulation of 21 new GB standards (Effective date: Mar. 11, 2021)

Serial No.

Subcategories

GB standards

1

Food Additive

 

GB 1886.304-2020 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Phosphoric Acid (Wet Process)

2

GB 1886.305-2020 D-Xylose

3

GB 1886.306-2020 Monosodium Glutamate

4

GB 1886.307-2020 Potassium Copper Chlorophyllin

5

GB 1886.308-2020 Calcium Alginate

6

GB 1886.309-2020 Spirulina Blue

7

GB 1886.310-2020 Rose Laevigata Michx Brown

8

GB 1886.311-2020 Black Currant Red

9

GB 1886.312-2020 Chitin

10

GB 1886.313-2020 Diphenyl Ether (Diphenyl Oxide)

11

GB 1886.314-2020 Calcium Disodium Ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetate

12

Nutritional fortifier

GB 1903.42-2020 National Food Safety Standard Nutritional Fortifier Inositol (Cyclohexanhexol)

13

GB 1903.43-2020 Cyanocobalamin 

14

GB 1903.44-2020 Hydroxocobalamin

15

GB 1903.45-2020 Nicotinamide

16

GB 1903.46-2020 Ferrous Fumarate

17

GB 1903.47-2020 Ferrous Lactate

18

GB 1903.48-2020 Magnesium Hydrogen Phosphate

19

GB 1903.49-2020 Zinc Citrate

20

GB 1903.50-2020 Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3)

21

GB 1903.51-2020 Sodium Iodide

To find more requirements for using the food additives above, please check ChemLinked’s Food Additive Database [2].

Others (Effective date: Mar. 11, 2021)

Serial No.

Type

GB Standards

Status

1

Determination   methods

GB 5009.267-2020 National Food Safety Standard Determination of Iodine in Food

Updated

(in place of GB 5009.267-2016)

2

GB 5009.280-2020 National Food Safety Standard Determination of 4-Hexylresorcinol Residue in Food

A formulation based on SN/T 3641-2013

3

GB 5009.281-2020 National Food Safety Standard Determination of Cinnamaldehyde Residue in Food

Formulation

4

GB 5009.282-2020 National Food Safety Standard Determination of 1-Methylimidazole, 2-Methylimidazole and 4-Methylimidazole in Food

5

GB 31604.50-2020 National Food Safety Standard Food Contact Materials and Articles Determination of Migration Amount of Nonyl Phenol

6

Food Microbiological Examination

GB 4789.44-2020 National Food Safety Standard Food Microbiological Examination for Vibrio Vulnificus

7

GB 4789.29-2020 National Food Safety Standard Food Microbiological Examination for Burkholderia Gladioli   (Pseudomonas cocovenenans subsp. farinofermentans)

8

Experiment   methods

GB 15193.28-2020 National Food Safety Standard Experiment Method of in Vitro Mammalian Cell Micronucleus

9

GB 15193.29-2020 National Food Safety Standard Extended One-generation Reproductive Toxicity Study

10

Logistics

GB 31605-2020 National Food Safety Standard Hygiene Requirements for Food Cold Chain Logistics

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