China Updates Health Food Functional Evaluation Requirements

On the 3^rd China Health Food Conference held in Zhuhai on Oct. 17, 2019, Li Bo, the associate researcher of China Food and Drug Verification Institute, delivered a keynote speech regarding the proposed revision to “China Health Food Review and Technical Evaluation Guidance” (it was announced invalid in 2018, click here to read more). The most significant changes to China’s health food regulatory framework are that human clinical trials will no longer be mandatory prior to the registration approval, and the scope of permitted evaluation and testing methods has greatly expanded.