China will make significant changes to its health food regulatory framework and allow any enterprise or individual to petition SAMR to append the Directory of Health Food Raw Materials and expand on the list of approved health food label functional claims. These measures will take effect on Oct. 1, 2019.
On Aug 20, 2019, China State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) released decree No.13, publicizing Administrative Measures on Directory of Health Food Raw Materials and Directory of Health Functions(“保健食品原料目录与保健功能目录管理办法” in Chinese) and announcing its effective date (Oct. 1).[1]
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