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Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(0731-0804)

National Health and Family Planning Commission notified the catalogue of national food safety standards and the conclusion of the clean-up and integration of food-related standards In order to further strengthen the link up of standard formulation, implementation and supervision, National Health and Family Planning Commission notified the catalogue of national food safety standards and the conclusion of the clean-up and integration of food-related standards, and among which the integration conclusion includes three lists as integration list of national food safety standards, list of standards suggested to be abolished timely and list of standards not included in the national food safety standard system. Ministry of Agriculture approved to issue 87 standards of “Green food Nuts”, etc. Ministry of Agriculture issued Announcement No.2540 of Ministry of Agriculture and approved 87 standards of “Determination of chlorophyll in fruit, vegetables and their products Spectrophotometric method”, and will be implemented form October 1, 2017. The State Grain Administration issued a notice about soliciting public opinions on national food safety standard “Rice” The standard exposure draft of national food safety standard “Rice” (GB/T1354) has been completed recently and is solicited public opinions now. The deadline for soliciting opinions is August 10, 2017. AQSIQ issued second batch of 130 entry and exit inspection and quarantine industry standards in 2017 AQSIQ issued 130 entry and exit inspection and quarantine industry standards as “Count method of total bacterial count, coliform, Fecal coliform and Escherichia coli in export beverages Hydrophobic grid filter membrane method”, etc., and will be implemented from March 1, 2018. The replaced standard shall be abolished form the implementation of the corresponding standards. State Grain Bureau issued a notice about soliciting public opinions on national standards as “Grain and oil inspection Precision inspection of rice processing”, etc. The standard exposure draft of national standards as “Grain and oil inspection Precision inspection of rice processing”, etc., has been completed recently and is solicited public opinions now. The deadline for soliciting opinions is August 15, 2017. China Food and Drug Administration issued an announcement about the clean-up results of the second batch of normative documents In order to do a good job in the “new formulation, revision, abolition and interpretation” work of legal system of food and drug supervision, comprehensively promote the administration according to law, the China Food and Drug Administration organized to conduct clean up on the relevant normative documents, and decided to abolish and announced the invalidation of the second batch of normative documents. Supervision Department of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine announced the detailed rules of supervision and sampling inspection of three types of food-related products in 2017 On July 31, 2017, the Supervision Department of General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine announced the detailed rules of supervision and sampling inspection of three types of food-related products in 2017, including plastic food-related products, food contact paper and cardboard materials and their products and food machinery products.

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(0724-0728)

China National Standardization of Food & Fermentation Center issued a notice about soliciting opinions on 7 national food safety standards as “Food additives Sodium glutamate” (exposure draft), etc. 7 national food safety standards of “Food additives Glutamate”, “Food additives d-xylose”, “Food additives Carmine red”, “Food additives Rouge orange”, “Food additives Peanut-skin red”, “Food additives Copper potassium salt chlorophyllate” and “Food nutrition fortification Choline bitartrate” was included in the project plan of national food safety standard (second batch) in 2016, China National Standardization of Food & Fermentation Center issued the exposure draft, and solicited public opinions on it, the deadline for soliciting opinions is August 20, 2017. China Food and Drug Administration solicited public opinions on principles of name specifications of formula food for special medical purpose (trial) In order to do a good job in the registration of formula food for special medical purpose, standardize the product name of formula food for special medical purpose, the China Food and Drug Administration organized and drafted the “Principles of name specifications of formula food for special medical purpose (trial)”, and solicited public opinions on it, the deadline for soliciting opinions is August 6, 2017. 10 departments as Food Safety Office under State Council, etc., issued a notice on strengthening the prevention and control work of the food safety rumor In order to adhere to the correct guidance of public opinion, purify the cyberspace, create a scientific and healthy consumption environment, the 10 departments as Food Safety Office under State Council, etc., issued a notice on strengthening the prevention and control work of the food safety rumors, the contents of notice include 8 aspects of timely organizing the rumour dispelling, implementing the entity responsibility of resisting rumors, actively and properly carrying out public opinion supervision, strengthening release management of the food safety information and severely punishing rumormonger. Health Food Review Center of China Food and Drug Administration issued the notice about related matters of registration and extending registration applicant voluntarily submitting supplementary materials of new health food products in transitional period In order to further implement the relevant provisions of “Announcement of China Food and Drug Administration about the related matters of transition and linkage of review and approval work for health food registration” (No.172, 2016 of China Food and Drug Administration), further simplify the review process and improve the efficiency of the review, Health Food Review Center of China Food and Drug Administration issued the notice about related matters of registration and extending registration (re-registration) applicant voluntarily submitting supplementary materials of new health food products in transitional period.

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(0717-0721)

China Food and Drug Administration solicited public opinions on “Rapid detection method of 5 pesticide residues as trichlorfon, profenofos and methomyl, etc., in vegetables (exposure draft)” In order to standardize the use of food rapid detection method, the China Food and Drug Administration organized and formulated “Rapid detection method of 5 pesticide residues as trichlorfon, profenofos and methomyl, etc., in vegetables (exposure draft)”, and solicited public opinions on it. The deadline for soliciting opinions is August 4, 2017. The Ministry of Agriculture decided to take administration measures on five pesticides as endosulfan, methyl bromide, acephate, carbosulfan and dimethoate The Ministry of Agriculture issued announcement No. 2552, the announcement decided that since July 1, 2018, the pesticide registration certificate of product containing endosulfan shall be revoked; since March 26, 2019, product containing endosulfan shall not be allowed to be used in agriculture. Since January 1, 2019, the use scope of pesticide registration of product containing methyl bromide shall be changed to “Quarantine fumigation treatment”, product containing methyl bromide shall not be allowed to be used in agriculture. Since August 1, 2017, the pesticide registration of acephate, carbosulfan and dimethoate (including the single dosage and compounded preparations containing the above three kinds of pesticide active ingredients) used in vegetables, fruits, tea, fungi and Chinese herbal medicine crops shall be revoked, and pesticide registration application of acephate, carbosulfan and dimethoate used in vegetables, fruits, tea, fungi and Chinese herbal medicine crops shall be not accepted and approved; Since August 1, 2019, the use of acephate, carbosulfan and dimethoate in vegetables, fruits, tea, fungi and Chinese herbal medicine crops shall be prohibited.

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(0710-0714)

General Office of China Food and Drug Administration issued a reply letter about defining the implementation date issues of registration administration for imported formula food for special medical purpose and formula milk powder for infants and young children General Office of China Food and Drug Administration issued a reply letter about defining the implementation date issues of registration administration for imported formula food for special medical purpose and formula milk powder for infants and young children, the reply letter defines that the formula food for special medical purpose and formula milk powder for infants and young children produced by overseas enterprises without registration can be sold within our borders until the end of shelf life if this products were imported under the approval of related departments before January 1, 2018 (not including January 1, 2018). Notice of 9 departments as Food Safety Office under State Council about printing and distributing the remediation plan of fraud and misleading propaganda of food and health food In order to comprehensively implement the “Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China”, further strengthen supervision on the food and health food production and management (import), and strengthen law-abiding and credit awareness of enterprises, severely crack down on illegal acts, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and consumption safety, the Food Safety Office under State Council in conjunction with the relevant departments developed the “Remediation plan of fraud and misleading propaganda of food and health food”. China Food and Drug Administration issued a notice about further strengthening food safety supervision and administration of edible oil in catering service units In order to further implement the “Opinions of General Office of the State Council about further strengthening the treating work of ‘Illegal cooking oil’” (No.30, 2017 of General Office of the State Council), and further urge the catering service units to implement the main responsibility, investigate the food safety risks of purchase, storage and use of food oil for catering service units, severely crack down on illegal acts of illegal use and recycle of waste oil, China Food and Drug Administration issued a notice about further strengthening food safety supervision and administration of edible oil in catering service units. General Office of the State Council printed and distributed “National nutrition plan (2017-2030)” In order to implement the “Layout plan of ‘Healthy China 2030’”, raise the level of health level of nationals, the General Office of the State Council printed and distributed “National nutrition plan (2017-2030)”, the plan proposed that by 2020, the standard system of nutrition regulations shall be basically improved; the nutrition working system shall be basically sound; the provincial, municipal and county nutrition system shall be gradually improved; the grassroots nutrition work shall be strengthened; food nutrition and health industries shall develop rapidly, traditional health preserving with food shall become increasingly abundant; the nutrition and health informationalized level shall be gradually improved; the nutritional defective conditions of emphatic crowds shall be improved significantly, healthy life style of balanced eating & exercise shall be further popularized, residents nutrition and health literacy shall be significantly improved. By 2030, the standard system of nutrition regulations shall be more sound, the nutrition working system shall be more perfect, the food nutrition and health industries shall continue to develop healthily, traditional health preserving with food shall become more abundant, the “Internet + nutrition and health” intelligent application shall be generally popular, residents nutrition and health literacy shall be further improved, nutrition and health status shall improve significantly. Notice of National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China about soliciting approval suggestions on national food safety standard in 2017 In order to do well in the formulation and revision work of national food safety standards and improve the food safety standards system, the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China solicited approval suggestions on national food safety standard in 2017 according to the “Food Safety Law”, the notice clearly defined project approval conditions and scope, declaration requirements of project approval, submission procedures and time limit.

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(0703-0707)

Notice of China General Chamber of Commerce about soliciting revision opinions and suggestions on national standards of “Sweet dumpling” (exposure draft) China General Chamber of Commerce issued the recommended national standard “Sweet dumpling” (exposure draft), and solicited public opinions on it, the opinions are returned to the secretariat of Pastry Sub-technical Committee under Technical Committee for Standardization for National Bakery Products, and the deadline for soliciting opinions is August 15, 2017. China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment issued the notice about soliciting opinions on new varieties of food-related products 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane According to the requirements of “Administrative provisions of administrative licensing of new varieties of food-related products” and “Declaration and acceptance requirements for new varieties of food-related products”, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane as new variety of food-related products had passed the technical review of expert review committee, and was solicited public opinions. The deadline for soliciting opinions is August 5, 2017. Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China issued the notice about soliciting opinions on 13 national standards (draft for approval) related to food field as “Xylooligosaccharide”, etc. Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China issued the notice about soliciting opinions on 13 national standards (draft for approval) related to food field as “Xylooligosaccharide”, “General technical rules for oligosaccharide”, “Nutritional yeast”, “Corn syrup (powder)”, “Good manufacturing practices for sugar enterprise”, “Isomaltooligosaccharide”, “Maltodextrin”, “Maltose” and “Edible corn starch”, etc. Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce about printing and distributing the “Key work arrangements for food safety in circulation area in 2017” According to the “Notice of the General Office of the State Council about printing and distributing the key work arrangements for food safety in 2017” (No. 28, 2017 of General Office of the State Council), the Ministry of Commerce, in conjunction with the actual work, formulated and issued the key work arrangements for food safety in circulation in 2017 with the focus on improving the food safety management system of circulation link, innovating the management methods, improving the guarantee level of food safety, and creating a relieved, safe and honest food safety consumption environment.

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(0619-0623)

China General Chamber of Commerce issued the notice about soliciting opinions on recommended national standards of “General rules for preserved fruits” (exposure draft) China General Chamber of Commerce completed the recommended national standards of “General rules for preserved fruits” (exposure draft) on conditions of summarizing the opinions from member unit of standard revision working group, related production enterprises and experts, and solicited public opinions on it, the deadline for soliciting opinions is July 20, 2017. General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China issued the “Provisions on filing management for production enterprise of export food” (exposure draft) In order to strengthen the food safety and hygiene management of production enterprises of export food and standardize the filing management for production enterprise of export food, the AQSIQ revised and issued the “Provisions on filing management for production enterprise of export food” (exposure draft), and solicited public opinions on it, the deadline for soliciting opinions is July 20, 2017. China Food and Drug Administration issued food supplementary inspection method of “Determination of plant derived component in vegetable protein drink” The China Food and Drug Administration announced to issue the food supplementary inspection method of “Determination of plant derived component in vegetable protein drink” according to “Provisions on working of food supplementary inspection method”. National Health and Family Planning Commission issued the letter about soliciting opinions on “Administrative measures for food safety standards (exposure draft)” In order to further improve the management work of food safety standard, National Health and Family Planning Commission organized to draft the “Administrative measures for food safety standards (exposure draft)”, and solicited public opinions on it, the deadline for soliciting opinions is July 15, 2017.

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(0612-0616)

Ministry of Agriculture issued the opinions about soliciting public opinions on national food safety standard of maximum residue limit for pesticide The Ministry of Agriculture organized the formulation of the “National food safety standard Maximum residue limits for 57 pesticides as MCPA-Na, etc., in the food (exposure draft)” and “National food safety standard Maximum residue limits for 65 pesticides as 2,4-D, etc., in the food (exposure draft)”, the deadline for soliciting opinions is July 15. China Food and Drug Administration solicited public opinions on 3 food rapid detection methods as “Rapid detection of morphine and codeine component in food Gold immuno-chromatography assay (exposure draft), etc.” China Food and Drug Administration organized the formulation of 3 food rapid detection methods as “Rapid detection of morphine and codeine component in food Gold immuno-chromatography assay (exposure draft), etc.”, and solicited public opinions on them. The deadline for soliciting opinions is June 23. China Food and Drug Administration issued the notice about carrying out and implementing the relevant issues of “Administrative measures for food production license” In order to strengthen the work guidelines of food production license and unified work specifications, the China Food and Drug Administration reiterated and specified the relevant issues of license approval, license review, certificate management and supervision after getting the certificate for the purpose of carrying out and implementing the “Administrative measures for food production license”. The National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China announced to issue 10 kinds of new raw materials as shea butter According to the provisions of “Food Safety Law”, the review agency organized experts to review and approve the safety evolution materials of 10 new food raw materials as shea butter, etc. The National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China formally announced to release the specific requirements for the new food raw materials.

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(0605-0609)

Opinions of China Food and Drug Administration about regulating the use management of rapid detection method of food China Food and Drug Administration proposed opinions on use management of rapid detection method of food, the opinions defined that the food rapid detection cannot replace the food inspection methods carried out by food inspection agency by using conventional laboratory instruments and equipment and cannot be used in the food sampling inspection in the deployment of food safety supervision work. China National Standardization Center of Food & Fermentation issued a letter about soliciting opinions on 2 standards for canned food as “Canned food classification” and “Canned porridge” China National Standardization Center of Food & Fermentation issued the exposure draft of 2 standards for canned food as “Canned food classification” and “Canned porridge” and solicited opinions on them form entire industry. The deadline for soliciting opinions is July 10. General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine issued a letter about performing the WTO/TBT notification on the “Administrative measures for imported food attached with certificate (exposure draft)” General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine issued the “Administrative measures for imported food attached with certificate (exposure draft)” notified to WTO/TBT, the exposure draft pointed out that the issuance of the administrative measures is for ensuring the quality and safety of imported food and achieving effective link of imported food supervision with national/regional government supervision of food imported into China, the measures is proposed to be implemented form October 1.

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(0509-0512)

On 3rd May, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment issued a notice about soliciting opinions on new varieties of food additives as following, the deadline is June 2. New variety of food flavor 2- Acetoxyl group-3- butanone can be used as food flavoring for different kinds of food category excluding the food category in GB2760-2014 B.1. Maximum quantity of usage according to production requirements. New variety of food nutrition fortifier L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate calcium can act as food nutritional fortifier, can be used in formulated milk powder (excluding milk powder for children and pregnant women) (2000μg/kg ~ 5000μg/kg) and solid beverage (600μg/kg ~ 6000μg/kg). Expand the scope of use and dosage of food additives β-cyclodextrin, other candy except gum-based candy (tablet candy only), maximum usage can up to 15g/kg. Propylene glycol alginate can act as thickener, emulsifier, and stabilizer, used in Fermented flour products, bread, cake, stuffing in baked food and surface paste, other baked food, maximum usage can up to 5.0 g/kg. Phosphoric acid (wet-process) can act as processing aids (clarifier), used in sugar manufacturing.

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(0515-0519)

Notice about soliciting opinions on 815 national standards proposed to abolish as “General technical requirements of salad oil”, etc. According to the requirements of “Work plan of centralized review for recommended standards” and review conclusion of national standards submitted by relevant industry departments and technical committees, General Administration of Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China proposed to abolish 815 national standards as GB/T17756-1999 “General technical requirements of salad oil”, etc. The deadline for soliciting opinions is June 19, 2017. Notice of the China Food and Drug Administration about further strengthening the supervision and sampling inspection on the work of the risk prevention and control and verification disposal of unqualified food (No.42, 2017 of China Food and Drug Administration) China Food and Drug Administration issued the notice about further strengthening the supervision and sampling inspection on the work of the risk prevention and control and verification disposal of unqualified food. The notice require to implement the enterprise's main body responsibility, strengthen the prevention and control of food safety risks; regulate work procedures, timely carry out verification disposal work; increase information disclosure, and actively play the role of public supervision; strengthen supervision and evaluation and do a good job in implementation of all works. The National People's Congress solicited opinions on the Standardization Law (revised draft) The website of National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China published the “Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China (revised draft)”, and began to solicit public opinions on it, the deadline is June 14, 2017.