11 New Food Additives
7 food additives with expanded application scope
Serial No. | Name | Function | Food classification number | Food Category | Maximum usage amount (g/kg) | Note |
1 | Soluble soybean polysaccharide | Anticaking agent | 06.03.02.01 | Raw or wet flour product (e.g. noodles and wrappers for dumpling, wantun and shao-mai) | 5.0g/kg | — |
2 | Caramel color (class III-ammonia process) | Colorant | 15.01.07 | Other distilled liquor (limited to tequila) | 1.0g/L | — |
3 | Caramel color (class I-plain) | Colorant | 15.01.07 | Other distilled liquor (limited to tequila) | 1.0g/L | — |
4 | Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) | Emulsifier | 05.04 | Decorative candy (e.g. cake modeling, or cake decoration), cresting (non-fruit material) and sweet juice (limited to chocolate coating) | 5.0g/kg | — |
5 | Paprika red | Colorant | 04.04.01.05 | New bean products (soy protein and its puffed food, bean vegetarian meat, etc.) | As appropriate | — |
12.09.02 | Spices oil | |||||
6 | Paprika oleoresin | Flavor enhancer, colorant | 08.02.01 | Prepared meat product (add seasoning into raw meat) | As appropriate | — |
08.02.02 | Cured meat products (eg. bacon, cured meat, dried salted duck, Chinese ham and sausage) | |||||
08.03.01.02 | Meat stewed with sauce | |||||
12.09.02 | Spices oil | 10.0g/kg | ||||
7 | Vitamin E (dl-α-tocopherol, d-α-tocopherol, mixed tocopherol concentrate) | Antioxidant | 02.02 | Fat emulsion products like water and oil | 0.5g/kg | — |
02.03 | Fat emulsion products except those in 02.02, including mixed and (or) flavored fat emulsion products |
2 processing agents with expanded application scope
Name | Function | Application scope |
Sodium formate | Nutrients applied in fermentation | Fermentation technique |
Propionic acid, sodium propionate, calcium propionate | Nutrients applied in fermentation | Yeast production technique, residue amount ≤ 0.1g/kg |
1 nutritional fortification substance with expanded application scope
Serial No. | Name | Function | Food classification number | Food Category | Maximum usage amount (g/kg) | Note |
1 | Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) (Sourced from whey permeate) | nutritional fortification substance | 01.03.02 | Modified milk powder (only for children) | ≤ 64.5g/kg | — |
1 newly approved Enzyme
Name | Source | Donor | Note |
Glucose oxidase | Penicillium chrysogenum | — | The quality and specification of glucose oxidase shall conform to GB 1886.174 National Food Safety Standard Food Additive Enzymes for Food Industry |
8 New FCM Additives
3 FCM additives with expanded application scope
Serial No. | Name | CAS No. | Application scope | Maximum usage level / (%) | specific migration limit (SML)/(mg/kg) | maximum permitted quantity (QM)/(mg/kg) | Note |
1 | Sodium acetate | 127-09-3 | Plastic: Ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) | As appropriate | — | — | — |
2 | Phosphoric acid | 7664-38-2 | Plastic: Ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) | As appropriate | — | — | — |
3 | Potassium dihydrogen phosphate | 7778-77-0 | Plastic: Ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) | As appropriate | — | — | — |
1 approved new FCM additive
Serial No. | Name | CAS No. | Application scope | Maximum usage level / (%) | specific migration limit (SML)/(mg/kg) | maximum permitted quantity (QM)/(mg/kg) | Note |
1 | Oxirane, (chloromethyl)-, polymer with 4,4'-methylenebis[2,6-dimethylphenol] | 113693-69-9 | Paints and coatings | As appropriate | 0.2 (calculated as the total amount of 4 4'-methylenebis (2 6-dimethylphenol), TMBPF-DGE, TMBPF-DGE∙H2O and TMBPF-DGE∙2H2O); 0.05 (calculated as the total amount of TMBPF-DGE∙HCl、TMBPF-DGE∙2HCl and TMBPF-DGE∙HCl∙H2O) | — | Paints and coatings produced by this substance shall not contact baby food and breast milk |
4 new resins applied in FCM
Serial No. | Name | CAS No. | Application scope | Maximum usage level / (%) | Specific migration limit (SML)/(mg/kg) | maximum permitted quantity (QM)/(mg/kg) | Note |
1 | Formaldehyde, polymer with 2-methylphenol, 3-methylphenol, 4-methylphenol, butyl ether | 298689-79-9 | Paints and coatings | 5 | 15 (calculated as formaldehyde) | — | The maximum usage temperature of Paints and coatings produced by this substance is 121℃. |
2 | Vinyl chloride- vinyl acetate- maleic acid terpolymer | 9005-09-8 | Paints and coatings | 4.5 | ND (chloroethylene, DL=0.01mg/kg); 12 (Vinyl acetate); 30 (calculated as maleic acid) | 1 (chloroethylene) | — |
3 | 1,4-cyclohexamedimethanol polymer with trimethylol propane, neopentyl glycol, adipic acid, isophthalic acid and maleic anhydride | — | Paints and coatings | 65 | 6 (Trimethylolpropane);5 (calculated as isophthalic acid);0.05 (2-methyl-1, 3-propanediol);30 (calculated as maleic acid) | — | Paints and coatings produced by this substance shall only contact food whose ethanol content ≤ 8%. The maximum usage temperature is 121℃. |
4 | Formaldehyde, polymer with 4,4'-(1-methylethylidene)bis[phenol] | 25085-75-0 | Paints and coatings | 10 | 15 (calculated as formaldehyde); 0.6 (4,4'- (1-methylethylidene)bis[phenol]) | — | Paints and coatings produced by this substance shall not contact baby food and breast milk |
*Check ChemLinked's flist Food Additives Approved in China, Resins Permitted in China, Nutritional fortification substances approved in China and China Approved Food Contact Materials Additives for more information.