Global Food

In order to standardizing examination of health food production license, urge enterprises to implement entity responsibility and guarantee quality safety of health food, CFDA formulated and issued detailed rules for examination of health food production license based on provisions of laws & regulations and technical standards such as “Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China”, “Measures for administration of food production license”, “Measures for administration of registration and filing of health food”, “Good manufacturing practice for health food” and “General rules for examination of food production license”, which should be implemented on January 1st, 2017.


In order to improve the effectiveness and targetability of food safety sampling inspection, CFDA organized & drafted plan for food safety sampling inspection in 2017, including varieties of sampling inspection, test item, laws & regulations, standards and test methods, etc. and solicited public opinions. Opinions should be submitted before December 23rd, 2016.


In order to further standardize functional claim for health food and protect consumers' rights and interests, CFDA studied and drafted “Opinions about administration of functional claim for health food” (exposure draft) and 3 names and definitions including relieving visual fatigue, increasing immunity and antioxidant (exposure draft), and solicited public opinions. Opinions should be submitted before December 30th, 2016.

In order to standardize examination of advertisements for drugs, medical apparatus and instruments, health foods and food for special medical purpose, CFDA drafted “Measures for examination and administration of advertisements for drugs, medical apparatus and instruments, health foods and food for special medical purpose” (exposure draft) and solicited public opinions. Opinions should be submitted before January 13th, 2017.

In order to strengthen information publicity for supervision of food and drug safety, advance law-based exercise of state power and guarantee the right to know, participation rights, expression rights and right of supervision of the public, CFDA drafted “Measures for administration of information publicity for supervision of food and drug safety (exposure draft)” and solicited public opinions. Opinions should be submitted before January 13th, 2017.