Recently, China's National Health Commission (NHC) Government Services Platform issued notifications regarding the approval and review of “Thee new foods” (new food raw materials, new food additives, and new food-related products). The notifications included an extension notice for 12 new food-related products, a notification of approval of review findings for 5 new food additives and 6 new food-related products, a notification of a review opinion for 1 new food-related product, and 4 non-approval decision.
Details are as follows:
Extension notice (requires supplementary materials following the technical review by China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA))
New food-related products
S.N. | Date of issue | Acceptance No. | Product name |
1 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No. 0004 | 3,6,9-Trimethyl-3,6,9-tris(ethyl and propyl)1,2,4,5,7,8-hexanone derivatives |
2 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No. 0017 | C.1. Pigment White 4; zinc oxide |
3 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No. 0010 | C1.Pigment Blue 28 |
4 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No. 0011 | C1.Pigment Blue 29 |
5 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No. 0014 | Talc |
6 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No. 0018 | Bis(2-ethylhexyl) adipate |
7 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No. 0021 | Fatty acid derived from esterification of C12~C18 straight chain fatty alcohols and C12~C18 straight chain fatty acids from oranges and animals |
8 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No. 0012 | Calcium sulfate |
9 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No. 0019 | Tetrakis[3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid]pentaerythritol |
10 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No. 0016 | Alcohol ester |
11 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No. 0015 | Vinyl alcohol homopolymer |
12 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No. 0008 | Cobalt isooctanoate |
Notification of approval of review findings (“Notice of Approval” issued after NHC's formal announcement)
New food additive
S.N. | Date of issue | Acceptance No. | Product name |
1 | 2024.10.15 | 卫食添新申字(2014)NO. 0005 | 2'-Focusllactose |
2 | 2024.10.15 | 卫食添新申字(2014)NO. 0009 | 2'-Focusllactose |
3 | 2024.10.15 | 卫食添新申字(2014)NO.0016 | D-psicose 3-epimerase |
4 | 2024.10.15 | 卫食添新申字(2014)NO. 0025 | Sodium ferrous citrate |
5 | 2024.10.15 | 卫食添新申字(2014)NO. 0030 | Lacto-N-neotetraspanin |
New food-related products
S.N. | Date of issue | Acceptance No. | Product name |
1 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No.0012 | 3,9-Bis[2,4-bis(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)phenoxy]-2,4,8,10-tetraoxa-3,9-diphosphaspiro[5.5] undecane |
2 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No.0013 | C1. Pigment Black 7; Carbon Black |
3 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No.0014 | Dibutyl sebacate |
4 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No.0002 | Hydrogenated styrene polymer with 1,3-butadiene |
5 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No.0015 | Sodium hydroxide |
6 | 2024.10.16 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No.0009 | Copolymer of trimethoxyphenylsilane, methyltrimethoxysilane and silica |
Notification of review opinions (CFSA recommends not granting approval after the technical review)
New food-related products
S.N. | Date of issue | Acceptance No. | Product name |
1 | 2024.10.15 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No.0020 | Acrylic resin (polymer of ethyl acrylate/2-methacrylic acid/styrene) |
Non-approval decision (based on the recommendation from NHC to not grant approval)
New food-related products
S.N. | Date of issue | Acceptance No. | Product name |
1 | 2024.10.15 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No.0007 | Calcium sulfate dihydrate |
2 | 2024.10.15 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No.0009 | Ethoxylated hydrogenated castor oil |
3 | 2024.10.15 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No.0005 | Liquid unsaturated polyester resin produced by adding styrene to polyester produced from isophthalic acid, 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, phthalic anhydride, and maleic anhydride, with 1,2-propanediol, 1,2-ethylene glycol, and diethylene glycol as the main raw materials. |
4 | 2024.10.15 | 卫食相进申字(2024) No.0012 | Mixture of saturated linear fatty acid esters produced from C12-C18 fatty alcohols and C12-C18 lipoic acid |
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