On Sept. 14th, 2018, NPC issued Announcement No. 780, releasing the draft versions of 11 national food safety standards for public comments (consultation deadline: Oct. 31st, 2018):
3. National Food Safety Standard—Residue Determination of 4-Hexylresorcinol in Food
4. National Food Safety Standard—Residue Determination of Cinnamaldehyde in Food
5. National Food Safety Standard—Determination of Casein Phophopeptide in Food
6. National Food Safety Standard—Determination of 15 Toxic Alkaloids in Food
7. National Food Safety Standard—Determination of Iodine in Food
8. National Food Safety Standard—Food Microbiological Examination—Detection of Vibrio Vulnificus
9. National Food Safety Standard—Food Microbiological Examination—Detection of Burkholderia gladioli (Pseudomonas cocovenenans subsp.farino fermentans)
10. National Food Safety Standard—Extended One-generation Reproductive Toxicity Study
11. National Food Safety Standard—Test Method of in Vitro Mammalian Cell Micronucleus
Standard 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 10 in this list are new standards formulated due to gaps in the current standard system. Meanwhile, Standard 7, 8 and 11 adopt testing methods used commonly on a global level, for example, ISO/TS 21872-2: 2007.