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Newsletter
06 Jan 2015

 

 

NHFPC Approves Nine New Food Raw Materials 6 Jan 2015 The nine newly approved food raw materials include tomato seed oil, eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl., arabinogalactan, malus hupehensis(Pamp.) Rehd. leaf,etc.

 

Taiwan Food Regulations: Amendments Made to Sweetener Regulations 6 Jan 2015 The application scopes of saccharin, sodium saccharin, sodium cyclamate and calcium cyclamate have been expanded by Taiwan FDA.

 

Guangdong Province Launches Baby Formula Traceability System 6 Jan 2015 All baby formula products placed on the Guangdong market can be traceable from raw materials to terminal sales channels through the provincial E-traceability system.

 

Food Safety Law: Second Draft Officially Released 31 Dec 2014 The second draft of China’s Food Safety Law, the overarching food law was finally made public in the last day of 2014. Improvements have been made according to the first draft.

 

Significant China Food Additive Regulatory Update: GB 2760-2014 Published 31 Dec 2014 The new version contains loads of changes made to the scope of application, the layout of standard as well as specific food additives.

 

China Green Food: China to Amend Green Food Certification 24 Dec 2014 China Green Food Development Center (CGFDC) promulgated the revised version of “Administrative Measures for Green Food Logo Certification” and the “Certification Process of Green Food”, both of which will become effective as of Jan 1 2015.

 

China Health Food Registration: CFDA to Optimize the Testing and Acceptance Procedures for Health Food Registration 24 Dec 2014 The move further specifies and optimizes the health food registration in terms of testing and acceptance procedures. Requirements on dossiers, samples and testing for registration are improved.

 

Korea to Revise Regulations on Functional Foods 22 Dec 2014 The revised regulation mainly includes changes made to requirements on product display, registration, OEM production, etc. for health functional foods.

 

Heinz Sets up the World’s largest Baby Cereal Factory in China 10 Dec 2014 Heinz, one of the world-leading baby cereal and bottled complementary foods manufacturers, completed the establishment of the world’s largest factory for baby cereal in Foshan of Guangdong, China.

 

 

 

 

 

China Nutrient Supplements: Significant Regulatory Updates An encyclopaedia-like article giving the whole picture of regulatory requirements for nutrient supplements in China

 

A Walkthrough of Food Labeling Regulations in China An article outlining significant food labelling related regulations and standards in China

 

China Wine Trade 2014: A Sluggish Year for Imported Wines An article giving an integrated analysis of the annual performance of China’s wine market in 2014.