China Publishes 2020 Plan for Making and Revising Food Safety GB Standards

On October 13, 2020, National Health Commission of People's Republic of China released the notification regarding 2020 Food Safety National Standard Project Plan. ^[1] The Plan lists 46 GB standards that will be made or revised.

The full list includes 12 nutritional and special diet food standards, 2 contaminant limit standards, 1 standard on radioactive substance in food, 4 food product standards, 14 food additive standards, 3 production and operation standards, 7 physicochemical test method standards and 3 micro-organism test method standards.

Some of the standards in the plan are as follows:

Type	Standard Title	Set new standard / Revise
Nutritional and special diet food standards	GB 30604-2015 National Food Safety Standard Nutritional Fortification Substance 1,3-Dioleoyl-2-Palmitoyl Triglyceride	Revise
	GB 1903.39-2018 National Food Safety Standard Food Nutritional Fortification Substance Seaweed Iodine	Revise
	GB 29210-2012 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Copper Sulfate	Revise
	GB 1903.17-2016 National Food Safety Standard Nutritional Fortification Substances Lactoferrin	Revise
	Nutrition supplementary food for patients with Alzheimer's disease	Set new standard
	Respiratory diseases nutritionally complete food	Set new standard
	Nutritional fortification substance - Sodium ferrous citrate	Set new standard
	GB 26878-2011 National Food Safety Standard Iodine Content in Edible Salt	Revise
Food product standards	GB 7099-2015 National Food Safety Standard Pastry and Bread	Revise
	GB 2721-2015 National Food Safety Standard Food Grade Salt	Revise
	GB 7098-2015 National Food Safety Standard Canned Foods	Revise
	Dried vegetable and fruit product	Set new standard
Food additive standards	GB 1886.256-2016 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Methylcellulose	Revise
	GB 1886.98-2016 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Lactitol (aka 4-β-D-galactopyranosyl-D-sorbitol)	Revise
	GB 25572-2010 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Calcium Hydroxide	Revise
	GB 29946-2013 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Cellulose	Revise
	Food Additive - Sodium formate	Set new standard
	Food Additive - Soapbark extract	Set new standard
Contaminant standards	Nitrite maximum limits in food	Revise
Physicochemical test method standards	GB 5009.42-2016 National Food Safety Standard Determination of Edible Salt Index	Revise
Physicochemical test method standards	GB 5009.229-2016 National Food Safety Standard Determination of Acid Value in Food	Revise
Microorganism test method standards	GB 4789.3-2016 National Food Safety Standard Food Microbiological Examination for Enumeration of Coliforms	Revise