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05 Jan 2017

  
 
 
Top 20 Regulatory Updates Influencing China Food Industry in 2016
 
Top 20: China NHFPC Releases 243 New National Food Safety Standards
19 Sep 2016 243 national food safety standards and 2 modification lists (for food additive nitrogen and food flavors) have been released by NHFPC, including food additive standards, food testing standards, food contact material standards, etc.
 
Top 19: China Releases Risk Classification Management System for Food Production and Trading
14 Sep 2016 The risk classification management system for food production and trading has been released. Risk is stratified into four risk levels based on evaluation results.
 
Top 18: CFDA Release Draft Guidelines on Development of Food Safety Traceability Systems
29 Nov 2016 China CFDA released a draft of the official practical guidance which will be used by industry to develop compliant internal food safety traceability systems.
 
Top 17: China Releases New National Standards for Special Dietary Use Foods
4 Jan 2016 Two new foods for special dietary purposes national standards were released including a new national standard for sports nutrition foods, and national standard for nutrient supplementary food for pregnant and lactating women which will come into effect from Nov. 13, 2016.
 
Top 16: China Finalizes National Food Safety Standard System
29 Dec 2016 China NHFPC announced that it has finished optimizing China’s food safety standard system through a process of consolidation, optimization, deletion and revision of approximately 5,000 food related national standards.
 
Top 15: China 2016 Food Supervision Focus
13 May 2016 In 2016, China’s food competent authorities will emphasize the improvement of its food regulatory system, source control of domestic and imported food products, establishment of food traceability system and regulation of special foods.
 
Top 14: China Foods for Special Medical Purpose: CFDA Finalized Supplementary Documents for FSMP Registration
15 Jul 2016 The supplementary documents for FSMP registration have been finalized including FSMP registration application materials, labeling requirements, stability testing, and field inspection checkpoints.
 
Top 13: China to Redefine Health Food Function Claims
16 Dec 2016 The rules for health food function claims have been redefined. In addition, the evaluation principles and labeling requirements of health food function claims have also been changed.
 
Top 12: China to Require CNCA Audit of Wine and Honey Manufacturers
12 Aug 2016 CNCA registration for wine and honey has finally been scheduled, which will be developed by the middle of 2017. CNCA will also consider implementing a traceability system as part of wine registration process.
 
Top 11: CFDA Releases the First Batch of Approved Health Food Raw Materials
19 Feb 2016 The first batch of approved health food raw materials have been released, mainly including the raw materials for nutrient supplements.
 
Top 10: China to Impose Tax on CBEC Traded Goods from 8 April 2016
25 Mar 2016 A new import tax on Cross-Border E-Commerce (CBEC) commodities has been levied from 8 Apr 2016, which is designed to level the playing field between traditional retail channels and foster fair market competition.
 
Top 9: China Infant Formula: CFDA Finalized Supporting Rules for Infant Formula Recipe Registration
16 Nov 2016 Two supplementary documents for infant formula recipe registration have been released, including the requirements for application materials and the principles for field inspection.
 
Top 8: China Appends CBEC Positive List
18 Apr 2016 151 types of new commodities have been supplemented in the appended positive list for CBEC traded commodities this time, which lifted the “ban” on the import of liquid milk, fresh foods, health food, foods for special medical purpose, etc. to China through CBEC.
 
Top 7: China Releases Positive List for CBEC Traded Commodities
8 Apr 2016 A positive list for commodities traded through cross-border e-commerce has been released, which indicates that the commodities not included in the positive list are not allowed to be imported to China through CBEC.
 
Top 6: CFDA Finalizes Foods for Special Medical Purpose Regulation
11 Mar 2016 The registration requirements for foods for special medical purpose in China have been released, which includes the requirements on field inspection and technical review, as well as optimized registration approval procedure.
 
Top 5: China Health Food: CFDA Finalizes Health Food Registration and Filing Regulation
2 Mar 2016 The new health food registration and filing system has been finalized, opening up a new chapter for health food regulation in China.
 
Top 4: China to Extend CBEC Policy Grace Period Until the End of 2017
15 Nov 2016 A grace period of CBEC policy has been confirmed, which will be extended from May 2017 to the end of 2017.
 
Top 3: China NHFPC Releases GB 9685-2016 Standard for Uses of Additives in Food Contact Materials
21 Nov 2016 The final version of "GB 9685-2016 Standard for uses of additives in food contact materials and their products" and 52 other national food safety standards have been released.
 
Top 2: China CFDA Finalizes Infant Formula Registration Rules
8 Jun 2016 Infant formula recipe registration rules have been finalized, which requires both domestic and overseas infant formula manufacturers can only market “3 product lines” (3 stages per product line) in China.
 
Top 1: State Council Released Revised Draft Implementation Rules of Food Safety Law for Public Consultation
21 Oct 2016 The revised draft of the Food Safety Law Implementation Rules was submitted to the central government for finalization, which further stipulates supervision on special food raw material management, sale and advertisement, e-commerce food trade, food safety standards and the regulation of food additives in the catering sector.
 
 
 
  
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