China CFSA Recommends Not Granting Approval of Advantame and Neotame

Recently, China's National Health Commission (NHC) issued notifications regarding the approval and review of “Three new foods” (new food raw materials, new food additives, and new food-related products). The notifications included:

• 5 notifications of extension notice;
• 7 notifications of review opinions.
• 1 non-approval decisions.

Details are as follows:

Review opinions (CFSA recommends not granting approval after the technical review)

01 New food additives

Extension notice (requires supplementary materials following the technical review by China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA))

01 New food additives

Non-approval decision (based on the recommendation from NHC to not grant approval)

01 New food additives

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Further Information

National Health Commission Government Services Platform