On May 5, 2022, China National Health Commission (NHC) published a list of 36 newly approved substances, including 3 new food raw materials, 18 new food additives, and 15 food-related products.
3 New Food Raw Materials
Name | Basic information | Recommended consumption | Quality requirements | Notes |
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | Species family: Chlamydomonaceae, Chlamydomonas | / | 1. Appearance: green powder 2. Protein content ≥30% 3. Crude polysaccharide content ≥10% | 1. Foods for infants and young children are excluded from the application scope. 2. Food safety indicators shall follow the requirements in China's GB standard for algae and algae products. |
Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum BB536 | / | / | / | 1. It is approved to be used in infant food. 2. It shall conform to relevant national food safety standards. |
Sugarcane Polyphenols | / | ≤ 1g/day (powder); ≤ 10 g/day (liquid) (the recommended consumption of powder with total polyphenol content of 200 g/kg is 1g/ day, and the recommended consumption of liquid with total polyphenol content of 14.8 g/kg is 10 g/day. If the actual total polyphenol content exceeded the content stipulated above, it shall be converted according to the actual content) | /
| 1. Unsuitable consumer groups should be labeled (including infant and young children, the pregnant and lactating women). 2. Safety indicators and test method are specified in this notice. |
18 New Food Additives
1 new food additive, 1 new nutritional fortifier, 1 new processing aid, 8 new enzyme preparations, 2 processing aids with expanded application scope as well as 5 food additives with expanded application scope or amount are included.
1 new food additive
Name | Function | Food classification no. | Food category | Maximum usage amount (g/kg) |
Quinoline yellow aluminum lake | Colorant | 05.03 | Coating for candy and chocolate products (candy coating only) | 0.3 (calculated by quinoline yellow) |
5 food additives with expanded application scope or amount
Name | Function | Food classification no. | Food category | Maximum usage amount (g/kg) |
Glutamine transaminase | Stabilizer and coagulator | 01.02.02 | Flavored fermented milk | 0.3 |
01.06.01 | Unripened cheese | |||
Magnesium chloride | Flavour enhancer | 06.07 | Instant rice & flour products | As necessary for the production |
06.08 | Frozen rice and flour products | |||
12.10 | Compound seasoning | |||
Sucralose | Colorant | 01.06.04 | Reprocessed cheese | 0.2 |
Lutein | Colorant | 01.01.03 | Modified milk | 0.05 |
01.02.02 | Flavored fermented milk | |||
Acesulfame potassium | Sweetener | 07.03 | Biscuit | 0.6 |
For all approved and updated food additives, please check China Food Additives Database.
15 New Food-related Products
4 new additives for food contact materials (FCM), 2 additives with expanded application scope, and 9 new resins for FCM are included.
4 new FCM additives
Name | CAS number | Application scope | Maximum usage/% | SML (mg/kg) | QM (mg/kg) | Notes |
Phosphoric acid, zirconium (4+) salt (2:1) | 13772-29-7 | Plastic: PE, PP, PS, PLA; paints and coatings | PE,PP,PS,PLA：1 Paint and coating: 1 (as painting formula) | / | / | PP plastic materials and articles only added with this substance can be used for microwave heating. |
Acids, aliphatic, monocarboxylic(C10-C22), esters with polyglycerol | / | Plastic | 0.35 | / | / | Plastic materials and articles added with this substance should only be used for filling or long-term storage in the condition of room temperature (including hot filling in the condition of T≤70°C, t≤2h or T≤100°C, t≤15min, and pasteurization). |
2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 1,2-ethanediyl ester, polymer with methyl 2-methyl-2-propenoate | 25777-71-3 | Plastic: PE, PP | 1 | 6 (as methacrylic acid); 0.05 (2-methyl-2-acrylic acid-1,2-ethylene glycol ester) | / | PE and PP material and articles added with this substance cannot be operated at the temperature over 121℃, and cannot be used in contact with infant and young children food or breast milk. |
Hexanedioic acid, polymer with N-(2-aminoethyl)-1,3-propanediamine, aziridine, (chloromethyl)oxirane, 1,2-ethanediamine, N, N''-1,2-ethanediyl bis[1,3-propanediamine], formic acid and α-hydro-ω-hydroxypoly (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl) | 114133-44-7 | Paper and paperboard | 0.12 (as dried paper) | 12 (1,2-ethylenediamine); 0.01 (aziridine); ND (epichlorohydrin, DL=0.01mg/kg); ND (ethylene oxide, DL=0.01mg/kg); 5 [N-(2-aminoethyl)-1,3-propanediamine]; 5 {N,N''-1,2-ethylenediyl [1,3-propanediamine]} | 1 (epichlorohydrin); 1 (ethylene oxide) | Paper and paperboard added with this substance should only be used for filling or long-term storage in the condition of room temperature (including hot filling in the condition of T≤70°C, t≤2h or T≤100°C, t≤15min, and pasteurization). |
Notes: The above restricted use requirements shall be marked in accordance with the provisions in GB 4806.1.
For other newly approved FCM substances, please check China Approved Food Contact Materials Additives and Resins Permitted in China, or contact us for more information.
