China CFDA Releases 2017 Annual Report on Food and Drug Supervision

On 2^nd of April, China Food and Drug Administration released 2017 Annual Report on Food and Drug Supervision, listing 2017 food and drug supervision data for all the Country.

Some food related data excerpted from the “Report” is presented in the following table, as well as some 2016 data and relevant Chemlinked resources:

Categories	Entry Name	2017 Data	2016 Data	Variation with 2016	Chemlinked Resources
Production	Food production Licenses	17,000	18,854	-10%	n/a
Production	Food Additive Production Licenses	231	462	-50%	n/a
Health food	Initial Registration for Health Food	797	312	+155%	China Imported Health Food Filing Directory (f-list)
	Changed registration for health food	1101	738	+49%	Health Food Filing and Registration in China: Recent Regulatory Updates and Case Study
	Extended registration for health food	348	118	+194%	China CFDA Notice on the Extension of the Registration Application
Infant formula	Infant formula registration	952	n/a	n/a	Directory Information of Infant Formula Recipe Registration in China
FSMP	Food for special medical purposes	3	none	n/a	Directory Information of Foods for Special Medical Purpose Registration in China (f-list)

It is interesting to notice that compared with 2016, fewer food and food additive production licenses were granted and a higher number of health food registrations were recorded as a consequence of the recently implemented dual track system. Compared with the previous year, a much higher number of non-compliant health food advertisements were detected and the value of fines and confiscations for food-related crimes more than doubled.