Weekly Summary – Updates on the Approval and Review of “Three New Foods” - Regulatory News - Food & Food Contact Materials

From December 20 to December 27, China's National Health Commission (NHC) Government Services Platform issued notifications regarding the approval and review of “Three new foods” (new food raw materials, new food additives, and new food-related products). The notifications included:

Fourteen notifications of extension notice;
Five notifications of review opinions;
Thirteen notification of approval of review results; and
Three non-approval decisions;

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Details are as follows:

Extension notice (requires supplementary materials following the technical review by China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA))

New food additives

S.N.	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0086	2'-FL
2	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0088	2'-FL
3	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0077	2'-FL
4	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0068	3'-SL
5	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0074	3-FL
6	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0046	3-FL
7	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0089	3-FL
8	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0062	3'-SL
9	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0047	3'-SL
10	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0014	3'-SL
11	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0033	6'-SL
12	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0083	6'-SL
13	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0084	D-allose-3-epimerase
14	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0044	Anethole
15	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0003	Lactose-N-tetrasaccharide
16	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0029	Lactose-N-tetrasaccharide
17	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0064	Lactose-N-tetrasaccharide
18	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0090	Lactose-N-tetrasaccharide
19	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0087	Deaminase

New food-related products

S.N.	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2024.12.20	卫食相进申字(2024) No.0004	3,6,9-Trimethyl-3,6,9-tri(ethyl and propyl)-1,2,4,5,7,8-hexanone derivatives
2	2024.12.20	卫食相进申字(2024)No.0010	3-Heptylpropyltriethoxysilane
3	2024.12.20	卫食相进申字(2024) No.0008	Polymer of adipic acid and 2-ethyl-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol
4	2024.12.20	卫食相进申字(2024) No.0020	Barium sulfate
5	2024.12.20	卫食相进申字(2024) No.0016	Polyvinyl alcohol

Review opinions (CFSA recommends not granting approval after the technical review)

New food additives

S.N.	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0085	3-FL
2	2024.12.27	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0033	Roseicitreum antarcticum

New food-related food

S.N.	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2024.12.20	卫食相申字(2024) No.0017	2,2'-(or 3,3')-Oxydibenzene-5(or 2)-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid sodium salt
2	2024.12.20	卫食相申字(2024) No.0018	Polymer of 2-methyl-2-propanoic acid with 2-propyl acrylate, 2-methyl-2-propanoic acid cyclohexyl ester, 2-methyl-2-propanoic acid methyl ester, 2-methyl-2-propanoic acid 2-epoxyethyl methyl ester, 1,2-propanediol mono(2-methyl-2-propanoic acid ester), and 2-methyl-2-propanoic acid 2-propene-1-yl ester
3	2024.12.20	卫食相申字(2024) No.0019	Castor oil, oxidized

Notification of approval of review results (“Notice of Approval” issued after NHC's formal announcement)

New food additives

S.N.	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2024.12.20	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0002	2'-FL
2	2024.12.20	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0061	2'-FL
3	2024.12.20	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0027	4-Hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone
4	2024.12.20	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0051	(6S)-5-Methyl tetrahydrofolate，Glucosamine salt
5	2024.12.20	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0045	Sodium cyclamate
6	2024.12.20	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0021	Glucanase
7	2024.12.20	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0032	Serine protease
8	2024.12.20	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0040	Stevioside
9	2024.12.20	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0072	Lipase

New food raw materials

S.N.	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2024.12.20	卫食新申字(2023) No.0004	1,3,5-Trimethyl-2,4,6-tri(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)benzene
2	2024.12.20	卫食新申字(2023) No.0010	Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-3-hydroxyhexanoate ester)

Non-approval decision (based on the recommendation from NHC to not grant approval)

New food additives

S.N.	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2024.12.20	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0070	L-alanine
2	2024.12.20	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0073	Propylene glycol
3	2024.12.20	卫食添新申字(2024) No.0072	Isoamylase

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