Takehome:
- 15 new national standards have been drafted by NHFPC including the product standards for lactose, honey, compound seasoning, etc., as well as the standards for food additives, nutritional fortification substances, and food contact materials.
On Oct. 25, 2016, China National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) released the draft of 15 new national standards, including the product standards for lactose, honey, compound seasoning, etc., which will be open for public consultation until Nov. 25, 2016.
These 15 new national standards include important product standards, and the standards for food additives, nutritional fortification substances, and food contact materials, which are summarized as below:
Product standards are for
- Lactose
- Compound seasoning
- Honey
- Collagen peptide
National standard for food contact materials and food related products
- Bamboo, Wood and Cork Materials and Articles
- Disinfectant
National standards for food additives
- Polyoxypropylene glycerol ether
- Polyoxypropylene oxyethylene glycerol ether
- Ice structuring protein
National standards for nutritional fortification substances
- Casein calcium peptide
- Choline chloride
- Potassium gluconate
- Ferric citrate
- Ferrous succinate
- Algae iodate