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 | Revise | |
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 | Revise | |
Revise | ||
Revise | ||
Dried vegetable and fruit product | Set new standard | |
Food additive standards | GB 1886.256-2016 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Methylcellulose | Revise |
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 |
GB 5009.229-2016 National Food Safety Standard Determination of Acid Value in Food | Revise | |
Microorganism test method standards | Revise |